User Manual| VISIX Network Camera VISIX Network Camera User Manual V5.1 10225 Westmoor Drive, Suite 300, Westminster, CO 80021 | www.3xlogic.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera This manual is applied to the following camera models: Camera Type Model Box camera Dome camera • VSX-‐2MP-‐FE • VX-‐3M-‐F-‐AWD • • • VSX-‐2MP-‐D2-‐RF VSX-‐3MP-‐ODIR28 VSX-‐3MP-‐D2RF-‐ WDR VSX-‐5MP-‐D2-‐RF VSX-‐2MP-‐OD2-‐IRFH VSX-‐2MP-‐MVD28 VSX-‐2MP-‐MVD VSX-‐2MP-‐MVD40 • • • • • • • • • • VX-‐3P4-‐MD-‐I VSX-‐2
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that the user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into ‘Warnings’ and ‘Cautions’: Warnings: Serious injury or death may be caused if any of these warnings are neglected.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Cautions: ! Make sure the power supply voltage is correct before using the camera. ! Do not drop the camera or subject it to physical shock. ! Do not touch sensor modules with fingers. If cleaning is necessary, use a clean cloth with a bit of ethanol and wipe it gently.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Table of Contents 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 9 2 NETWORK CONNECTION ................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1 SETTING THE NETWORK CAMERA OVER THE LAN .........................
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Configuring NAT (Network Address Translation) Settings ................................................................................... 40 Configuring FTP Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 41 6.4 CONFIGURING VIDEO AND AUDIO SETTINGS ...............................................................
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Rebooting the Camera ......................................................................................................................................... 76 Restoring Default Settings ................................................................................................................................... 77 Exporting / Importing Configuration File ........................................................
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 1 System Requirements Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and above version / Vista / Win7 / Server 2003 / Server 2008 32bits CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz or higher RAM: 1G or higher Display: 1024×768 resolution or higher Web Browser: Internet Explorer 6.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 2 Network Connection Before you start: ! If you want to set the network camera via a LAN (Local Area Network), please refer to Section 2.1 Setting the Network Camera over the LAN. ! If you want to set the network camera via a WAN (Wide Area Network), please refer to Section 2.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera DETECTING AND CHANGING THE IP ADDRESS You need the camera IP address to connect to the network camera.
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User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 2.2 Setting the Network Camera over the WAN Purpose: This section explains how to connect the network camera to the WAN with a static IP or a dynamic IP. STATIC IP CONNECTION Before you start: Please apply a static IP from an ISP (Internet Service Provider).
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera DYNAMIC IP CONNECTION Before you start: Please apply a dynamic IP from an ISP. With the dynamic IP address, you can connect the network camera to a modem or a router. Connecting the network camera via a router Steps: 1) Connect the network camera to the router.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Normal Domain Name Resolution Figure 2-‐7 Normal Domain Name Resolution Steps: 1) Apply a domain name from a domain name provider. 2) Configure the DDNS settings in the DDNS Settings interface of the network camera. Refer to Section 5.3.4 Configuring DDNS Settings for detailed configuration.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 3 Access to the Network Camera 3.1 Accessing by Web Browsers Steps: 1) Open the web browser. 2) Input the IP address of the network camera in the address bar, e.g., 192.0.0.64 and press the Enter key to enter the login interface. 3) Input the user name and password and click Login.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 3-‐3 Install Plug-‐in (1) Figure 3-‐4 Install Plug-‐in (2) Note: You may have to close the web browser to install the plug-‐in. Please reopen the web browser and log in again after installing the plug-‐in. 10225 Westmoor Drive, Suite 300, Westminster, CO 80021 | www.3xlogic.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 4 Wi-‐Fi Settings Purpose: By connecting to the wireless network, you don’t need to use cable of any kind for network connection, which is very convenient for the actual surveillance application. Note: This chapter is only applicable for the cameras with the built-‐in Wi-‐Fi module. 4.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 4-‐3 Wi-‐Fi Setting-‐ Ad-‐hoc 2) Customize a SSID for the camera. 3) Choose the Security Mode of the wireless connection. 4) Figure 4-‐4 Security Mode-‐ Ad-‐hoc Mode Enable the wireless connection function for your PC.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 4-‐7 WEP Mode ! Authentication -‐ Select Open or Shared Key System Authentication, depending on the method used by your access point. Not all access points have this option, in which case they probably use Open System, which is sometimes known as SSID Authentication.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera EAP-‐TLS ! Figure 4-‐9 EAP-‐TLS Identity -‐ Enter the user ID to present to the network. ! Private key password – Enter the password for your user ID. ! EAPOL version -‐ Select the version used (1 or 2) in your access point.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 4-‐10 Wi-‐Fi Settings -‐ WPS PBC Mode: PBC refers to the Push-‐Button-‐Configuration, in which the user simply has to push a button, either an actual or virtual one (as the button on the configuration interface of the IE browser), on both the Access Point (and a registrar of the network)
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 4-‐11 Wi-‐Fi Settings – WPS PIN Mode 2) Choose Use route PIN code. If the PIN code is generated from the router side, you should enter the PIN code you get from the router side in the Router PIN code field. 3) Click Connect.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 4-‐12 TCP/IP Settings 2) Select the NIC as wlan. 3) Customize the IPv4 address, the IPv4 Subnet Mask and the Default Gateway. The setting procedure is the same with that of LAN. If you want to be assigned the IP address you can check the checkbox to enable the DHCP.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 5 Chapter 5 Live View 5.1 Live View Page Purpose: The live view page allows you to view the real-‐time video, capture images, realize PTZ control, set/call presets and configure video parameters.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 5.2 Starting Live View In the live view window as shown in Figure 5-‐2, click on the toolbar to start the live view of the camera. Figure 5-‐2 Live View Toolbar Table 5-‐1 Descriptions of the Toolbar Icon Description / Start/Stop live view.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera On the live view page, click to show the PTZ control panel or click Click the direction buttons to control the pan/tilt movements. to hide it. Figure 5-‐3 PTZ Control Panel Click the zoom/iris/focus buttons to realize lens control.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera a. Pan the camera to the right or left. b. Tilt the camera up or down. c. Zoom in or out. d. Refocus the lens. 3) Click to finish the setting of the current preset. 4) You can click to delete the preset. Note: You can configure up to 128 presets.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 6 Network Camera Configuration 6.1 Configuring Local Parameters Note: The local configuration refers to the parameters of the live view, record files and captured pictures.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera ! Record File Size: Select the packed size of the manually recorded and downloaded video files to 256M, 512M or 1G. After the selection, the maximum record file size is the value you selected. ! Save record files to: Set the saving path for the manually recorded video files.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera ! NTP Port: Port of NTP server. ! Interval: The time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 2) Notes: 3) Figure 6-‐6 TCP/IP Settings Configure the basic network settings, including the NIC Type, IPv4 or IPv6 Address, IPv4 or IPv6 Subnet Mask, IPv4 or IPv6 Default Gateway, MTU settings and Multicast Address. ! The valid value range of MTU is 500 ~ 1500.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐7 Port Settings 2) Set the HTTP port, RTSP port and HTTPS port of the camera. ! HTTP Port: The default port number is 80, and can be changed to any port range 1024 to 65535. ! RTSP Port: The default port number is 554.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 1) Enter the DDNS Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > DDNS 2) Figure 6-‐9 DDNS Settings Check the Enable DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. 3) Select DDNS Type. Three DDNS types are selectable: HiDDNS, IPServer and DynDNS.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Note: For the IP Server, you have to apply a static IP, subnet mask, gateway and preferred DNS from the ISP. The Server Address should be entered with the static IP address of the computer that runs the IP Server software.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera HiDDNS Steps: 1) Choose the DDNS Type as HiDDNS. 2) Figure 6-‐13 HiDDNS Settings Enter the Server Address www.hik-‐online.com. 3) Enter the Domain name of the camera. The domain is the same with the device alias in the HiDDNS server. 4) Click Save to save the new settings.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐14 SNMP Settings 2) Check the corresponding version checkbox ( , 3) , ) to enable the feature. Configure the SNMP settings. Note: The settings of the SNMP software should be the same as the settings you configure here. 4) Click Save to save and finish the settings.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > 802.1X Figure 6-‐15 802.1X Settings 2) Check the Enable IEEE 802.1X checkbox to enable the feature. 3) Configure the 802.1X settings, including EAPOL version, user name and password.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera With the function enabled, you don’t need to configure the port mapping for each port, and the camera is connected to the Wide Area Network via the router. Steps: 1) Enter the UPnP™ settings interface.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐18 Email Settings 3) Configure the following settings: ! ! ! ! 4) Sender: The name of the email sender. Sender’s Address: The email address of the sender. SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com). SMTP Port: The SMTP port.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Choose Port Mapping Mode. To port mapping with the customized port numbers: Choose And for manual port mapping, you can customize the value of the port number by yourself. Figure 6-‐19 Configure NAT Settings 3) Click Save to save the settings.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐21 FTP Settings Note: The anonymous access function must be supported by the FTP server. 3) Click Save to save the settings. Note: If you want to upload the captured pictures to FTP server, you have to enable the continuous snapshot or event-‐triggered snapshot on Snapshot page.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 4) Video Type: Select the stream type to video stream, or video & audio composite stream. The audio signal will be recorded only when the Video Type is Video & Audio. ! Resolution: Select the resolution of the video output. ! Bitrate Type: Select the bitrate type to constant or variable.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera ROI stands for the region of interest. And the ROI encoding enables you to discriminate the ROI and background information in compression, that is to say, the technology assigns more encoding resource to the region of interest to increase the quality of the ROI whereas the background information is less focused.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 6.5 Configuring Image Parameters CONFIGURING DISPLAY SETTINGS Purpose: You can set the image quality of the camera, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness, etc. Note: The display parameters vary according to the different camera models. Please refer to the actual interface for details.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera selectable, e.g.: Tamron 2.8-‐8mm F1.2 (M13VP288-‐IR), or if DC lens is adopted, then manual and auto are selectable. 8) The exposure time refers to the electronic shutter time, which ranges from 1 ~ 1/100,000s. Adjust it according to the actual luminance condition.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐27 White Balance Image Enhancement ! Digital Noise Reduction: DNR reduces the noise in the video stream. OFF, Normal Mode and Expert Mode are selectable. Set the DNR level from 0~100, and the default value is50 in Normal Mode.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐27 Day/Night Scheduled-‐Switch Configuration Interface Steps: 1) Click the time line to select the start time and the end time of the switch. 2) Click Common tab to configure the common parameters applicable to the day mode and night mode.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 2) Edit the camera name in the text field of Camera Name. 3) Select from the drop-‐down list to set the time format, date format, display mode and the OSD font size. 4) You can use the mouse to click and drag the text frame adjust the OSD position.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 4) (Optional)Use the mouse to click and drag the red text frame the text overlay position. 5) Click Save. in the live view window to adjust Note: Up to 8 text overlays are configurable.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐32 Picture Overlay 2) Click Browse to select a picture. 3) Click Upload to upload it. 4) Check Enable Picture Overlay checkbox to enable the function. X Coordinate and Y Coordinate values are for the location of the picture on the image.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 3) Check the checkbox of Enable Dynamic Analysis for Motion if you want to mark the detected objects with green rectangles. Note: Select Disable for rules if you don’t want the detected objected displayed with the rectangles. Select disable from Configuration-‐Local Configuration-‐Live View Parameters-‐rules.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 4) (Optional) After you set the arming schedule, you can copy the schedule to other days. 5) Click OK to save the settings. Note: The time of each period can’t be overlapped. Up to 4 periods can be configured for each day.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Note: Set the FTP address and the remote FTP server first. Refer to Section 6.3.10 for detailed information. ! Trigger Channel The video will be recorded when the motion is detected. You have to set the recording schedule to realize this function. Please refer to Section 7.2 for detailed information.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 3) Figure 6-‐38 Day/Night Auto-‐Switch Select the area by clicking the area No. 4) Slide the cursor to adjust the sensitivity and proportion of object on the area for the selected area in the daytime.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Steps: 1) Enter the video tampering Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Events > Video Tampering Figure 6-‐40 Video Tampering Alarm 2) Check Enable Video Tampering checkbox to enable the video tampering detection.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 3) Figure 6-‐41 Alarm Input Settings Click Edit to set the arming schedule for the alarm input. Refer to Task 2 Set the Arming Schedule for Motion Detection in Section 6.6.1. 4) Check the checkbox to select the linkage method taken for the alarm input.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐42 Alarm Output Settings HANDLING EXCEPTION The exception type can be HDD full, HDD error, network disconnected, IP address conflicted and illegal login to the cameras.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera If you enable the face detection, once a face appears in the surveillance area, it will be detected and certain actions may be triggered by the detection.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐45 Audio Exception Configuration CONFIGURING INTRUSION DETECTION Intrusion detection can set an area in the surveillance scene and once the area is been entered, a set of alarm action is triggered. Steps: 1) Check the Enable Intrusion Detection checkbox.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera b. Sensitivity: Range [1-‐100]. The value of the sensitivity defines the size of the object which can trigger the alarm, when the sensitivity is high, a very small object can trigger the alarm. c. Percentage: Range [1-‐100].
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 6-‐48 Scene Change Detection 10225 Westmoor Drive, Suite 300, Westminster, CO 80021 | www.3xlogic.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 7 Storage Settings Before you start: To configure record settings, please make sure that you have the network storage device within the network or the SD card inserted in your camera. 7.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera b. Figure 7-‐2 Storage Management Interface If the status of the disk is Uninitialized, check the corresponding checkbox to select the disk and click Format to start initializing the disk. When the initialization completed, the status of disk will become Normal.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Steps: 1) Enter the Record Schedule Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Storage > Record Schedule Figure 7-‐5 Recording Schedule Interface 2) 3) Check the checkbox of Enable Record Schedule to enable scheduled recording. Set the record parameters of the camera.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 7-‐7 Record Schedule 5) ! Choose the day to set the record schedule. Set all-‐day record or segment record: ! If you want to configure the all-‐day recording, please check the All Day checkbox. ! If you want to record in different time sections, check the Customize checkbox.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera If you select Motion & Alarm, the video will be recorded when the motion and alarm are triggered at the same time. Besides configuring the recording schedule, you have to configure the settings on the Motion Detection and Alarm Input Settings interfaces. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 and Section 6.6.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera ! Check the Enable Event-‐triggered Snapshot checkbox to check event-‐triggered snapshot. ! Select the quality of the snapshot. ! Set the time interval between two snapshots. ! Click Save to save the settings.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 8 Playback Purpose: This section explains how to view the remotely recorded video files stored in the network disks or SD cards. Steps: 1) Click Playback on the menu bar to enter playback interface. 2) Figure 8-‐1 Playback Interface Select the date and click Search.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Table 8-‐1 Description of the buttons Button Operation Button Play Pause Start/Stop clipping video files / / Capture a picture Stop Operation Speed down Audio on and adjust volume/Mute Download vi
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 9 Log Searching Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the camera can be stored in log files. You can also export the log files on your demand. Before you start: Please configure network storage for the camera or insert a SD card in the camera.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 10 Others 10.1 Managing User Accounts Enter the User Management interface: Configuration >Basic Configuration> Security > User Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Security > User The admin user has access to create, modify or delete other accounts. Up to 15 user accounts can be created.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 1) Left-‐click to select the user from the list and click Modify. 2) Modify the User Name, Level or Password. 3) In the Basic Permission field and Camera Configuration field, you can check or uncheck the permissions. 4) Click OK to finish the user modification.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 10.3 Anonymous Visit Purpose: Enabling this function allows visit for whom doesn’t have the user name and password of the device.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 10.4 IP Address Filter Purpose: This function makes it possible for access control. Steps: 1) Enter the IP Address Filter interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Security > IP Address Filter 2) Figure 10-‐7 IP Address Filter Interface Check the checkbox of Enable IP Address Filter.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 10-‐9 Modify an IP 3) Click the OK to finish modifying. Delete an IP Address 4) Left-‐click an IP address from filter list and click Delete. Delete all IP Addresses 5) Click Clear to delete all the IP addrsses. 6) Click Save to save the settings. 10.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Figure 10-‐9 Reboot the Device RESTORING DEFAULT SETTINGS Steps: 1) Enter the Maintenance interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration> System > Maintenance Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance 2) Click Restore or Default to restore the default settings.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance 2) Click Browse to select the local upgrade file and then click Upgrade to start remote upgrade. Note: The upgrading process will take 1 to 10 minutes. Please don't disconnect power of the camera during the process.
User Manual| VISIX Network Camera 10.8 RS-‐485 Settings Purpose: The RS-‐485 serial port is used to control the PTZ of the camera. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ unit.
