Encoder Firmware A1D-220-V3.13.
Table of Contents 1. INSTALLATION _________________________________________________ 3 1.1 Minimum System Requirements _____________________________________ 3 1.2 Preparation before setup ___________________________________________ 4 1.2.1 1.3 Setup your PC network __________________________________________________ 4 Configuring the IP device ___________________________________________ 9 1.3.1 Video Display _______________________________________________________ 11 1.3.
1 1. 1.1 INSTALLATION Minimum System Requirements The IP device provides access through an embedded web server. To access the device, your PC needs to meet minimum requirements to perform satisfactorily. CPU Pentinum 4 2.4GHz and above Memory 256 MB or above Operating System Windows XP with SP2 or above. Windows Vista / Windows 2003 / Windows 7 Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 / Internet Explorer 7.0 / Internet Explorer 8.
1.2 Preparation before setup Our IP device provides access through Internet Explorer. You need to set up the network settings and the IP address for the IP device. Please make sure all connections are properly connected, then follow the procedures below. 1. Setup your PC network The IP address for your PC must be within the same subnet as the IP device. You need to match the TCP/IP settings between PC and IP device before you can access it via IE. 2.
NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100, which is used by the IP device. Please also make sure that no two equipments use the same IP address in the same network. The procedures below is the setup procedure on Windows XP. If you use operating system other than Windows XP, please refer to OS manuals for proper setup procedures. STEP1 Start up your PC.
STEP3 Double-click the "Network and Internet connections" icon.
STEP5 Click “Local Area Connections”, and then click “Change settings of this connection” in the network Task menu. STEP6 Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”, and then click the [Properties] button. If you have both IPv4 and IPv6, choose IPv4.
STEP7 Click the “Use the following IP address” radio button and enter the IP address and the subnet mask. Please set the settings as below. IP address: 192.168. 0.xxx Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0 (NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100, which is used by the IP device. Please also make sure that no two equipments use the same IP address in the same network..) STEP8 Click the [OK] button and the window dialog box closes.
1.3 Configuring the IP device This section describes how to configure the IP device. The administrator has unlimited access to all settings, while the normal user can only view live video. The IP device is configured under a standard browser (Microsoft IE6 / IE7 / IE8). Follow the procedures below to configure the IP device. STEP1: Open a browser STEP2: Enter the IP address of the IP device. The default IP address is “192.168.0.
select from English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Czech, French, Finnish, Hungarian and Danish. This user interface setting will disappear once you log out, if you want to change the default user interface language, please change the setting of [Host setting] after login. STEP5: Click the button to login or click the to re-enter account and password. button Once you log in successfuly, the “Video Display page” will be shown as below.
1.3.1 1.3.1.1 Video Display Megapixel CMOS camera This section tells you how to view live video via Internet Explorer. STEP1: Click the [Video Display] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Video Display page” is displayed as below. STEP2: Check the [MPEG4/MJPEG] to select the Compression type. Once selected, the video server/IP camera will start to stream with the new compression method.
enable/disable audio transmission from this PC to IP device‟s audio out and change audio out volume. Ex: With this function enabled you can speak to the people at the IP device site. STEP6: Click the [DO1] Button to set DO status by DO1 to High (1) or Low(0). The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots. STEP7: Click the [DO2] Button to set DO status by DO2 to High (1) or Low(0).
1.3.1.2 PTZ or PT camera This section tells you how to view live video via Internet Explorer. The PTZ function is available only to “root” user(Factory default: Admin /123456). Other users cannot see this command. STEP1: Click the [Video Display] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Video Display page” is displayed as below. STEP2: Check the [MPEG4/MJPEG] to select the Compression type.
STEP5: Click the [DO1] Button to set DO status by DO1 to High (1) or Low(0). The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots. STEP6: Click the [DO2] Button to set DO status by DO2 to High (1) or Low(0). The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots. STEP7: Click the Setup page”. [Quit] to exit the live view and return to “Main STEP7: Click the [PTZ] to Show “PTZ Control Window”.
1.3.2 PTZ (PTZ Camera only) Click the [PTZ] on the “Main Setup page” to show PTZ control panel in a separate pop up and enable mouse PTZ in the main live view window.Select a page in “PTZ Panel ” There are three main pages: PTZ, Preset and Tour. You also can control camera from preview display with mouse. PTZ Page NOTE: For all PTZ settings, including Presets, Tour and basic settings, you will have to do Save and Reboot to write this into the camera. Camera will lose all unsaved settings upon reboot.
Zoom Speed Set the zoom speed from 2(slowest) to 7(fastest) Zoom Click + button to zoom in, - button to zoom out. Auto Focus Click check box to enable auto focus.(PTZ camera only) Focus Click these buttons to adjust focus to near or far. PT Control Click each button to do pan and tilt control. Home Click this button to go to home position. Reset Click this button to reset the pan/tilt/zoom function.
■Preset Page Help Parameters Preset Info Set Preset Goto Preset Delete Preset Description Show preset number and preset name. You can click to edit the preset name Click this button to save current preset name and PTZ position to this preset point Click this button to go to the PTZ position memorized for this preset point. Click to clear the preset point Information, including preset name and preset PTZ position.
Move one later Click to move this preset point one later in queue. Move to first Click to move this preset point to the first in queue. Move to last Click to move this preset point to the last in queue. Goto Preset Click to go to the PTZ position for this preset point. Preset Del Click to remove the preset point from this preset tour. Note, the settings of this preset point will NOT be deleted Mouse Control: You can click on the preview window to directly control Camera PTZ movements.
■Mouse PTZ Help Parameters Description Click area 1 to P/T with fast speed Click on area 2 to P/T with normal speed Click on area 3 to P/T with slow speed Click on area 4 to do zoom in. Click on area 5 to do zoom out. Mouse wheel Use mouse wheel to do zoom in and zoom out. NOTE: Once you finish all settings, be sure to click the [Save Reboot] button. Otherwise, some settings may not take effect.
1.3.3 Host Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device‟s host settings and LAN settings. STEP1: Click the [Host Setting] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Host setting page” is displayed as below. STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
2. 100Mbps / Full duplex 3. 100Mbps / Half duplex 4. 10Mbps / Full duplex 5. 10Mbps / Half duplex ■ToS (Type of Service) Parameters TOS priority Description Select the TOS tag’s priority to be added onto the streaming. You can select between 1. Normal-Service 2. Minimize-Cost 3. Maximize-Reliability 4. Maximize-throughput 5. Minimize-Delay ■Port Mapping Parameters Description HTTP port Select the port for this IP device to use HTTP protocol.
1.3.4 WAN Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device‟s WAN, DNS server and DDNS server settings. STEP1:Click the [WAN Setting].
STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator. ■WAN Setting Parameters Dynamic IP address Description Click this to enable IP device’s DHCP function. It will acquire its WAN port IP address from a DHCP server within the same network. (You must have a DHCP server in order to enable this function.) Use Host Name Click this to manually enter the IP device WAN port IP address.
domain name even if its IP address is not static. Service ISP Host name Click one of the DDNS service providers. You can visit their website to get a DDNS service account for this IP device. Enter the host name of your DDNS service account. (ex: xxxx.dyndns.org) User name Enter the login user name for your DDNS service account. Password Enter the login password for your DDNS service account.
1.3.5 Date Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device‟s date and time settings. STEP1: Click the [Date Setting] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Date setting page” is displayed as below STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator. ■Date Setting Parameters SNTP/NTP server Description Click this to enable IP device’s SNTP/NTP function.
Day Light Saving Select Type 1 to specify daylight saving time by week number in a month; select Type 2 to specify daylight saving time by date. Start Time : Select the daylight savings start time. End Time : Select the daylight savings end time. STEP3: Click the [Apply] button of each setting to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters. NOTE: Once you finish all settings, be sure to click the [Save Reboot] button. Otherwise, some settings may not take effect.
1.3.6 Video Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device‟s video and streaming settings. STEP1: Click the [Video Setting] on the “Main Setup page”.
■Video setting Parameters Camera name Description The camera name is reserved for customer use. Select the streaming mode. 1. TCP only 2. Multicast only Streaming Method 3. RTP Over UDP 4. RTP Over Multicast 5. RTP Over UDP & Multicast RTSP Authen Check box to enable RTP streaming’s Account/Password authentication. Enable B2 Frame Enable Check box to enable the B2 frame in RTP streaming Audio in Select to enable or disable the audio function. Multicast IP Select the multicast IP.
RTSP port Select the port for this IP device to support RTSP Video RTP Over Multicast Audio RTP Over Multicast Enable/disable the multicast video streaming via RTP protocol Enable/disable the multicast audio streaming via RTP protocol Select the port through which software applications may Video control port control this IP device. Video streaming Select the port through which software applications may establish video streaming with this IP device.
1.3.7 Video Adjustment This section tells you how to fine tune video display and setup Motion detection. To access this section, click [Video Adjust] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Video adjustment page” will display as below This screen has three parts. The video window, the motion activity window and the settings area. Video window show the live image from the IP device. The black bar above shows the current time. The motion detection regions, if enabled, are also displayed here.
To the right of Video window is the Motion Activity window. The vertical blue bars show recent amount of activity detected in the selected motion region. The red line shows the trigger threshold for the Runtime MD profile, and the blue line shows the threshold for the Event MD profile. If the activity is above the threshold currently used, an motion event will be triggered.
Motion Detection Region on the video window. If some regions are not displayed on screen, just uncheck and check each box again. STEP 5: Setup the sensitivity , interval and threshold each motion detection region. (See below box) STEP 6: When you are satisfied with the motion detection settings, click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings. Click [Reset] to restore previous settings.
1.3.8 OSD / Privacy Mask OSD 1. Live View Window 2. Enable: Check this box to enable each OSD / Privacy mask region 3. Type: Each region can be in one of two types. OSD (On Screen Display) or Privacy mask 4. Color (OSD): This determines the color of the OSD Text. You may choose between Black, Green, Red and Blue. 5. Transparent: This number determines the level of transparency for this OSD Text.
Notice to the corner for a full list of available parameters. The OSD text is primarily based upon this field. 9. Apply button: Click apply button to confirm the setting. Privacy Mask 1. Enable: Check this box to enable each OSD / Privacy mask region 2. Type: Each region can be in one of two types. OSD (On Screen Display) or Privacy mask 3. Color (Privacy Mask): This determines the color of the Privacy Mask Area. You may choose between Black, Green, Red and Blue. 4.
1.3.9 Camera Setup (HQ1 CCD camera models) This section tells you how to adjust the camera. STEP1: Click the [Camera Setup] on the “Main Setup page”.
■Camera setting Parameters Description Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left-right BLC Check this box to enable back light compensation Select the white balance mode. After you set the parameter, you need to wait for 5~10seconds to see the final result. 1. AUTO : Auto white balance (default) 2. INDOOR1: Select the indoor white balance profile 1. 3. INDOOR2: Select the indoor white balance profile 2. 4. OUTDOOR1: Select the outdoor white balance profile 1. 5.
Night to Day Threshold Night To Day Timer changes. This value controls the level of light where camera switches into Day mode. Increasing it will make camera switch to Day mode at a darker illumination level. The camera will only switch day/night status if the illumination level stays either above or below the boundary for this much time. This is to prevent a temporary brightness change from triggering unnecessary day/night changes.
1.3.10 Camera Setup (CMOS camera models) This section tells you how to adjust the camera. STEP1: Click the [Camera Setup] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Camera Setup page” is displayed as below ■Camera setting Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video up-down Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left-right Check this box to use best pre-set settings for bundled lens This value controls the level of light where camera switches into night mode.
1. 3. INDOOR2: Select the indoor white balance profile 2. 4. OUTDOOR1: Select the outdoor white balance profile 1. 5. OUTDOOR2: Select the outdoor white balance profile 2 6. HOLD CURRENT: Select this to let the IP camera automatically obtain a best white balance setting according to current environment. The IP camera will use this setting to adjust color. NOTE: This setting will be lost after you reboot the camera. 7. MANUAL: Select this to enable manual setting of the white balance.
1.3.11 Camera Setup (PTZ camera models) STEP1: Click the [Camera Setup] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Camera Setup page” is displayed as below ■Camera setting Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video up-down Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left-right BLC Check this box to enable back light compensation. Select the white balance mode.
- AGC Gain Iris Priority: The IP camera will adjust the exposure by Iris priority first. - Manual: Manually select the Exposure Gain and Shutter Speed below. When exposure mode is auto, IP camera will adjust its shutter speed according to AGC gain and the Maximum auto shutter speed. Higher AGC gain = brighter images. Auto IRIS Level Select the Iris level. Sense up Level Select the sense up level.
1.3.13 Bonjour 1. Enable Bonjour:Check the box to enable/disable Bonjour. 2. Friendly Name: Enter the Bonjour friendly name. 3. Apply Button: Apply Button: Click apply to confirm the setting. 4. Reset Button: Click reset to re-enter the paramaters. 1.3.14 IEEE 802.1x Please enable IEEE 802.1x and configure settings in the screen below. Note that the new setting will only take effect after “Save & Reboot”.
1.3.15 IP Address Filtering WARNING: Please be very careful when using this function, as you may lose access to your camera if you make mistakes in setup. You may either accidentally deny yourself access, or forgot to include your own IP address in the allowed address list. You will need to perform hard reset to be able to access the device again. Click the [IP Address Filter] item to display the “IP Address Filtering Page”. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting.
1. IP Address filter enable: Check this box to enable IP Address Filtering. 2. FILTER: The filter can be set in either “Allow” mode or “Deny” mode. “Allow” mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below. “Block” mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Make sure you include the Netmask in your consideration. IP Address: The IP address you wish to allow or block. Please note that the actual range is modified by the Netmask.
1.3.16 Event This section describes how to setup the Event Handler, which deals with how the IP device respond to situations. Each IP device can have a maximum of 10 Event Rules. Each rule includes one single trigger, and one or many responses. Several types of responses are available. And there are multiple external servers for the device to interact with. When setting up Event Handler, there are four types of settings.
Event Servers: Event servers define whom the device may interact with. They can be other servers or devices on the network, or even the camera itself. Event Configuration sets up a list of what to tell the other party during interaction. Event list lays down the rules and conditions about when to initiate which responses from which triggers. The options available for Event rules are selected from the event servers and event configurations.
primary SMTP server, then it will not use the secondary SMTP server. To setup SMTP servers, make sure to enable the SMTP account and choose the proper Authentication type. There are many types available. The default is Login. We recommend you to use Auto Detection. Available authentication types include: Auto Detection, None, Login, Plain, Cram MD5, Digest MD5 and PoP Relay.
HTTP CGI server CGI servers are programs that run on web sites or many devices. They can be custom programmed to perform a large variety of actions based upon the input. You can define which CGI server to connect to here, and the user / password required to log into the target server. The actual message / command is setup in the Notification messages / URL commands section. You may define two separate CGI servers. IP devices are also CGI servers.
server, enter the user name, the password, Network address, port number and Max connection time before timeout ( in seconds). Click [Apply] to use these settings or click [Reset] to clear changes. Event Configuration: Event configurations are the responses to be performed when an event is triggered. For most types of responses, you can create several different preset responses, then mix and match in event rules. Some responses are not supported in all IP devices (e.g.: DO, PTZ).
Trigger Interval: How does it work? When a motion is detected or the device receives a DI trigger, usually users want the camera to stay on high alert for a minimum duration of time before returning to normal mode. This duration is controlled by setting the trigger interval value. During this time, the device will NOT respond to a second trigger. The device will stay in the triggered state for as long as the trigger continues to be effective.
low when the event ends. Interval determines the minimum duration of each DO response( in seconds). DO will remain at the active level during this time, and if another event triggers DO before the end of the first DO, the second trigger will no take effect. 0 means there is no minimum duration. Notification messages: *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. *Pre-requisites: SMTP may server HTTPtoCGI server setup.or a HTTP CGI Notification messages be/sent either an email server.
Upload video/snapshot *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / FTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. IP devices may send video recording / snapshots to your chosen server upon event. Video will be in .RAW format, while snapshots will be .JPG files. You can define up to three group of settings to upload video/snapshot. Snapshots can be sent to FTP / HTTP CGI and via Email, while video can only be uploaded to FTP or HTTP CGI servers. If Audio in is enabled in device, the uploaded video will include audio.
Upload Time : IP device will provide video/snapshots for the number of seconds here. It will stop uploading video/snapshot at the end of this period. If you have video management software recording from this camera at the same time, the normal recording through NVR will not be affected, and goes on through out the event period and afterwards. But the special upload session will end as the event ends. Image Rate : This is used only by snapshots.
CGI settings : Some CGI servers may require special info and settings. Please refer to CGI server designer for this section. IP devices do not allow upload of Snapshots / Video into their embedded CGI servers. Recipient Address / Subject: When uploading video/ snapshots via email, these information are required. Auto Naming Rules for Files and Folders: To properly track images and videos, a well thought out naming rule is necessary.
Send URL commands *Pre-requisites: HTTP CGI server setup. *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. URL commands can be sent to HTTP CGI servers upon event. This provides the possibility of highly intelligient response upon event. IP devices and many other devices also have embedded CGI servers that may be controlled. When Event Handler sends an URL command, it will send one set of command when the event is trigged, and another as the event becomes inactive.
location, it increases the bitrate from 750k to 3M, and the frame rate from 4 fps to 8 fps. The bitrate / fps changes are reverted at the end of event. Go to a preset point (selected models only) For PTZ cameras, there will be an extra option available. This will require the camera to move to a preset location. In this interface you will setup which preset point to go to, and how long do you want the camera to stay there.
Event Rules: You may define a maximum of 10 Event rules, which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event List panel. It will display under each Event ID, the days of the week it will be active, the start time and duration of the active period, the type of the source of trigger, and the actions used in the response. If the row is greyed out, this means the rule is currently not enabled and stays inactive.
How is it triggered: Events may be triggered by several sources: Schedule: The event will start at the start time noted in the weekly scheduler, and end after the duration is reached. The active period and the triggered period are one and the same. You may also ask the event to be repeatedly triggered during this scheduled time. The interval is determined in minutes. You may use this with email / FTP upload to take snapshots at regular intervals.
optimized for day and night, this provide better overall accuracy in both day and night conditions. Some night time only MD regions may also be activated this way. The event period will end when the camera returns to day mode, which will then reset the camera to the original settings. Ready: This will trigger the event responses once the device boots up. You can use this to create a notification system that keeps record of when the device has been rebooted via email.
Change Motion Detection profile: This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event profile. The profile will return to runtime settings at the end of this event. You may program one motion detection region to be disabled at runtime, but enable it with event handler under some circumstances. Change Day/Night Mode (Selected models only): For some models, you may force the Camera into Day or Night mode.
1.3.17 User Account This section tells you how to setup the accounts. STEP1: Click the [User account] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Account management page” is displayed as below STEP2: Setup the account names and their respective passwords. There are 1 root (administrator) account and 10 common user accounts allowed. Root(administrator) account allows the user to watch the live view and modify all settings. The common user account only allows live video view, and cannot change settings.
1.3.18 System Info This section tells you how to see the system information of this IP device, including firmware version, MAC address, Product ID, WAN status and system log. STEP1: Click the [System info] on the “Main Setup page”.
STEP2: View the information in the 3 columns. This information is very useful to understand the IP device status and to resolve any problem that might occur. ■System info Column System info WAN status System log Description It shows the firmware version, MAC address, production ID, and factory default type of IP device. It shows the WAN port’s IP address, netmask, gateway, DNS server, DDNS host and connection status. It shows the system event log. This column is very useful as a diagnostic tool.
1.3.19 Firmware Upgrade This section tells you how to update IP device‟s firmware. You can always visit our web site for the latest firmware. STEP1: Click the [Firmware] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Firmware upgrade page-1” is displayed as below STEP2: Click [Apply] button. The „‟firmware upgrade page-2” will be displayed as below. ■Firmware Upgrade Parameters Firmware images file MD5 file Description You can upload the firmware images here.
STEP5: The progress bar shows the upgrading is completed, and system is rebooting.
1.3.20 Profile Profiles are sets of parameters that control how the image sensor behave. Sometimes profiles are fine-tuned again to suit a specific environment, or for generally better image. They are not updated as frequently as firmwares, and a good profile can stay in use for a very long time. Occasionally, you may wish to load a new profile pack into your camera. This section tells you how to upgrade IP Camera‟s Profile Pack. STEP1: Click the [Profile Pack] item.
1.3.21 Factory Default This section tells you how to load IP device‟s factory default setting. STEP1: Click the [Factory Default] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Factory default setting page” is displayed as below STEP2: Click the checkbox settings from factory default. STEP3: Click the [Apply] button to go to loading confirmation page or click the [Reset] button to exit to previous page. STEP4: A confirmation page will be displayed.
STEP2: The Action LED indicator will go off to indicate that the IP device is rebooting. After around 30 seconds, the Action LED will light up again to indicate that the reboot is completed. 1.3.23 Logout This section tells you how to logout from the IP device. Be sure to logout this IP device once your setting is completed. STEP1: Click the [Logout] on the “Main Setup page”. You will logout and return to the “Login Page” displayed as below.
