Encoder Firmware V4.06.09 User’s Manual Firmware User’s Manual A1D-500-V6.04.15-AC 2013/09/04 1 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Table of Contents Recommended PC Specifications 4 Preparation 5 Connect the Equipment .............................................................................5 Configure the IP Addresses .......................................................................5 Access the Camera.....................................................................................9 Live View 11 Login ...................................................................................
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 DNS ...................................................................................................... 35 DDNS .................................................................................................... 36 Video ..........................................................................................................39 Compression ......................................................................................... 41 Motion Detection ........................
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Recommended PC Specifications In order to configure or test the cameras, a PC with following basic specifications is needed: CPU Core2Duo 2.13GHz or above Memory 2 GB or above Operating System Browser for Accessing Firmware Video Resolution Windows XP with SP2 or above. Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 7 Internet Explorer 8.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Preparation Connect the Equipment To be able to connect to the camera firmware from your PC, both the camera and the PC have to be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the same time, the camera has to have its own power supply. In case of PoE cameras, you can use a PoE Injector or a PoE Switch between the camera and the PC. The cameras that have the DC power connectors may be powered on by using a power adaptor.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 In the example below, we successfully found D11 camera that we had just connected to the network. With the left mouse click on D11 it is possible to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already. If you work with our cameras regularly, then there is even a better way to discover the cameras in the network – by using IP Utility.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Use the default IP address of a camera: If there is no DHCP server in the given network, the user may have to assign the IP addresses to both PC and camera manually to make sure they are in the same network segment. When the camera is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services, it will automatically assign itself a default IP: 192.168.0.100 Whereas the default port number would be 80.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Manually adjust the IP addresses of multiple cameras: If there are more than 1 camera to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them, all of the cameras would then have the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100, which is not a proper situation for network devices – all the IP addresses have to be different from each other.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Access the Camera Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera. You can use any of the browsers to access the camera, however, the full functionality is provided only for Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Assuming that the camera’s IP address is 192.168.0.100, you can access it by opening the Web browser and typing the following address into Web browser’s address bar: http://192.168.0.100 Upon successful connection to the camera, the user interface called Web Configurator would appear together with the login page. The HTTP port number was not added behind the IP address since the default HTTP port of the camera is 80, which can be omitted from the address for convenience.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Live View This section describes how to configure the IP camera. The administrator has unlimited access to all settings, while the normal user can only view live video. Login Initially there exists only administrator’s account in the camera (Account: Admin, Password: 123456) – you have to use that account to log in. You can later create normal user accounts with limited access rights if necessary.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Live View The live view will appear automatically with the video resolution of 1280x720 (1MP cameras) or 1920x1080 (2-5MP cameras). While being on the Live View page, the Live View icon appears as being pressed: If you leave the Live View page, you can later return by pressing that button. If the resolution of the PC’s monitor is bigger than the resolution of the live video, you will be able to see the whole size of the video immediately.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 You can also digitally re-scale the video to fully match the size of your display with just 1 click: - Full screen Mode You may use ESC key from the keyboard to exit the full screen mode. The cameras have the dual stream capability – the Stream 1 is usually the high resolution stream with the purpose of being recorded by NVR while Stream 2 has lighter video configuration for NVR live view purposes, to reduce the computing power of the NVR PC.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 The cameras with audio function shall have the audio controls on Live View page. To adjust the volume level of the speakers connected to the PC that runs the Web Configurator in order to hear the audio from the camera’s microphone or line-in device, use the audio controls as below: Audio Muted: Audio level adjusted to the maximum: This volume control appears in user interface only when the Audio-in function of the camera has been “Enabled” under Setup page.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 You can change the viewing mode into: - ePTZ View Mode - Panorama View Mode - Fisheye View Mode ePTZ View Mode ePTZ mode works as an optical PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) function. You can change the viewing direction by moving the mouse over the Live View screen and clicking towards the direction you wish to view. The mouse cursor is represented by a red “+” mark.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 If Miniature Fisheye-view is enabled, the current scope of view is shown on the Miniature Fisheye-view window with the red marking. Fisheye View Mode This mode shows the camera view as though viewing from a fish’s eye with the whole viewing angle in sight but details may be too small and not be seen clearly. 16 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Setup The following chapters guide you through the Setup functions of the camera. Access the Setup Page To configure any of the camera settings, go to the Setup menu by pressing the following button on Live View page: - Go to Setup The left side of the Setup page contains the list of Setup items. Notice: The exact content of the menu list varies for each camera, depending on the actual capabilities of each camera.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Host The section “Host” allows the administrator to define the name of the camera and preferred user interface language. There are two kinds of names – Host Name and Camera Name. Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP server.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Date & Time Each video frame contains a time stamp. The accuracy of the time stamp is very important for incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the camera has to be adjusted to most accurate time possible. The section Date & Time provides the options for adjusting the date and time of the camera.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 If all the cameras are getting the date and time from the same NTP Server, you can be most sure that the video clips from different cameras can be well synchronized later for comparison purposes. To choose the most suitable NTP Server to synchronize date and time with, please refer to the worldwide pool of NTP Servers: http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/ When choosing Set Manually mode, you can adjust the date and time by the select boxes.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Network The section Network provides the list of network related functions and services. The [+] mark before Network indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it. Once expanded, the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the [-] mark. IP Address Filtering By “IP Address Filtering” function it is possible to define which devices (their IP addresses) are allowed to connect to this camera, and which devices are forbidden to connect to this camera.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 “Allowed” mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below. “Blocked” mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below. Using Netmask (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address at once, without the need to enter all of them individually. If you are not sure about the function of Netmask, then you should use 255.255.255.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Port Mapping The section Port Mapping provides the list of services and protocols that require their own port number for communication. By default, the camera already has all the ports defined. On this page, the user can modify the port numbers in case there is a specific need for that.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 HTTPS HTTPS protocol allows creating a secure channel over an insecure network in order to protect the data sent between the camera and its counterpart. Two things are required to have a secure communication – encrypted data, and verified counterpart of the communication. To make sure that the messages are being sent and received from true counterpart, the certificate is needed.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based Network Access Control. 802.1X authentication involves three parties: a supplicant, an authenticator, and an authentication server. The supplicant is a client device (such as an IP camera) that wishes to attach to the LAN/WLAN.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 If certificates or private key exist already, there will be a “Remove” button behind these items, in order to remove these items when necessary. After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet. 26 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 SNMP Setting The SNMP Setting item displays the SNMP configuration page. SNMP provides an easy way to manage network devices. The main features are: 1. Monitoring device uptime 2. System detail description. (Ex: model name, model description and firmware version.) 3. Collect interface information. (Ex: MAC address, interface speed, local port.) 4. Measuring network interface throughput.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 SNMP function is now enabled. You may now install and run the SNMP management software on computer server. SNMP Trap Usage: SNMP traps enable notifications from devices. Devices may send message to the management server whenever significant events occur such as cold start, warm start and authentication failure. The manager will get the information immediately and take action if necessary. Cold start means device reboot by power disconnection.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 RTP The RTP section allows user to configure RTP Settings. If the RTSP Authentication is “Enabled”, then the RTP streaming will require account name and password authentication.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Network (ToS, UPnP, Bonjour, ONVIF) The section Network contains the controls for following functions: Type of Service UPnP Bonjour ONVIF Type of Service The “Type of Service” provides 4 options to define the priorities of how the data from the camera should be handled by the routers that support ToS concept. By the default, the ToS priority is set as “Normal Service”.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet. Most of the Windows-based computers have the capability to discover the devices that support TM UPnP . Below is the example of Windows 7: by clicking on the Network icon of Windows 7, the PC will discover the cameras instantly.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 ONVIF The camera with given firmware is ONVIF 2.2 compliant. By default, the ONVIF function is disabled. To enable to the ONVIF support, check the box and press Apply. If you need to activate ONVIF on multiple cameras conveniently, you may use the IP Utility instead, using system cgi and ONVIF_STATE=1 as URL command. 32 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 IP Settings The section IP Settings provides the options to define how the camera would obtain its IP address; and to which DNS server should the camera connect to, in order to resolve domain names. Connection Type The sub-section Connection Type allows defining the method of obtaining the IP address of the camera. By default, the camera is in Dynamic IP Address mode and attempts to get the IP address from a DHCP server.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 recommended to activate a DDNS service for such scenario, and let the control center connect to the camera by the domain name instead. Please refer to the DDNS section for more details. To set the camera in PPPoE mode, set the radio button to PPPoE and key in the User Name and Password, provided by Internet Service Provider. After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 DNS The section DNS allows setting up the Domain Name Service for the camera. The camera will connect to the DNS server when there is a need to resolve a domain name for sending data to. The most common usage is the ftp or e-mail server in the Event Handler section is defined by using domain names. Without having DNS service configured, the camera would not know how to resolve the domain names of FTP or e-mail servers.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 DDNS There are surveillance solutions that consist of single cameras scattered over a wide territory, therefore each of those cameras should be connected to Internet in order to become accessible by Control Center. For example, the chain stores, bus stops, currency exchange booths, etc.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Using Dynamic DNS Internet IP Camera DSL Modem Control Center (NVR) Camera notifies DDNS service when IP changed NVR uses camera’s domain name to ask DDNS DDNS tells the NVR what the camera’s IP is Commands from NVR to camera’s IP address DDNS Service Video Stream from camera to NVR Every time the IP camera gets an IP that is different from previous one, it notifies the public DDNS Service about the change.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 To activate DDNS, please check the „Enabled“. Select the service reference, input the Host Name (the domain name given to the camera by DDNS service, User Name and Password of the DDNS server account. You will get the needed Host Name, User Name and Password information from the DDNS service provider once you have registered an account there and requested a domain name for your camera. After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Video The section Video provides the options to adjust the video quality and configure the streaming details of the camera. The default settings of the camera are sufficient for most environments and the video adjustments are not necessary. The following sections explain the ways to configure the video quality or streaming details in case it is required to do so. The [+] mark before Video indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 The sub-section is also named Video. For Audio supported cameras, there will also be a sub-section named Audio. The video section is divided into tabs. The functionality of each tab is explained separately below. Upon opening the sub-section named Video, the live view of the Stream 1 of the camera will appear.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Compression The section “Compression” allows the user to define the compression settings of the video stream 1 and stream 2. The purpose of compression is to reduce the bandwidth and VMS storage consumption. Usually the stream 1 is configured to be the best quality stream for NVR recording purposes while the stream 2 is configured to be with the basic quality for the live view of NVR, to minimize the computing power of NVR used for video decoding.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Resolution Frame Rate Video Bit Rate Mode (only for H.264) Depending on the camera model, the number of available resolutions may be different. The default resolution setting of the camera may not necessarily be the maximum resolution of the camera. If the user wants to use the maximum resolution, it is possible to do it here. The maximum possible resolution of the stream 2 will be smaller than stream 1. Defines the amount of frames per second.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 GOP (only for H.264) Under VBR mode it is possible to adjust the GOP length - that is the occurrence rate of I-frames. By default, there is one I-frame per second. For example, in case of 30fps, there will be 1 I-frame and 29 P-frames every second by default. When the GOP is changed to “1 I-frame per 5 seconds”, then there will be one I-frame, followed by 149 P-frames. In case of the static scenes, long GOP can further minimize the bandwidth and storage consumption.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Motion Detection The section “Motion Detection” allows the user to configure the video motion detection system of the camera. Motion detection regions are based on the Stream 1. By default, all the regions are disabled. Click on “Setup” to adjust the motion detection regions or its parameters. Microsoft Internet Explorer browser is required to configure the motion detection regions. There are three independently configurable motion detection regions in the camera.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Enabled or disabled Each of the 3 motion detection regions can be enabled or disabled individually. Look at the example: Only the region 1 is enabled while 2 and 3 are disabled. The disabled regions disappear from the video display. Note that the number of the motion detection region is written in the upper left corner of the region.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Trigger threshold Look at the moving object entering the area of motion detection: although moving quite slowly, it caused motion activity – several pixel regions reported a motion that was faster than allowed “speed limit” of sensitivity (70). The blue graph on the right side of the image shows how many percent of pixels within the motion detection region were considered as “currently in motion”.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 possible combinations of settings using sensitivity level and trigger threshold percentage. The objects listed in each cell will trigger an alarm under given settings: Low threshold (0-5%) Low sensitivity (0-65) Big and fast High threshold (5-100%) Big and fast Small and fast Big and fast High sensitivity (65-100) Big and fast Big and slow Small and fast Big and slow Small and slow The camera’s default sensitivity is 70 and threshold is 10%.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 actions again. There is one more item on the Motion Detection configuration page which was not explained above – the Profile of Motion Detection. Think of them as Profile 1 (Runtime MD Profile) and Profile 2 (Event MD Profile). It means that you can configure two independent groups of Motion Detection regions with at most 3 regions in each group. Normally, the Profile 1 (Runtime MD Profile) is used as an active profile of the camera.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Day/Night The section Day/Night allows user to control the switching between day mode and night mode. This section will be displayed only for day/night models. Parameters Day/Night mode Description There are three modes: Auto: The camera will automatically switch between day mode (color) and night mode (black/white) under certain exposure level, defined by user at “Switch from Day mode to Night mode”.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Image The section Image allows user to control certain parameters of a video frame. Parameters Video Flipping Video Mirroring Brightness Contrast Digital Noise Reduction WDR Description Check this box to flip the video up-down. Usually used together with Video Mirroring to achieve the 180-degree rotation effect. Check this box to mirror the video left-right. Usually used together with Video Flipping to achieve the 180-degree rotation effect.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Exposure / White Balance The section Exposure / White Balance allows the user to configure Exposure (shutter, iris and gain control) and White Balance settings. In most cases, the default settings are sufficient and no adjustment is needed. Some options will only appear under certain Exposure / White balance modes. Each mode is described in detail below.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Shutter speed choices according to environment: Shutter 1/13 1/25 1/50 1/100 1/15 1/30 1/60 1/120 1/5 Speed 1/250 1/500 1/1000 1/2000 Indoor Y Y Y Y Y - - - - Outdoor Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y In extreme low light conditions, the shutter speed is slown down to get more light into one image, but not slower than the user defined threshold. If the exposure time extends beyond the interval between frames (too slow shutter), (i.e.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 and wait a few seconds – the auto white balance system will adjust the colors until the white paper will really look white on the display. At that moment, the user can freeze these white balance settings by pressing the Hold button. After pressing that button, the White Balance will switch from Auto mode to Manual mode, together with the color values captured at the moment of Hold.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Exposure Mode - Manual When the lighting conditions are stable 24 hours a day, the advanced users may consider using manual exposure mode, to further fine tune the image quality in order to fulfill the special project requirements. Please note that in most cases, it is highly recommended to keep the camera in Auto Exposure mode and let the intelligent system of the camera find the best possible exposure settings instead.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 OSD/Privacy Mask The section OSD / Privacy Mask allows user to do one of the two on-video operations: 1. Add text to the upper or lower left corner of the video. This function is called Text Overlay or On-Screen Display (OSD). It is possible to display the camera name, date and time, IP address or any custom text as Text Overlay. The text is kept as small as possible and is not resizable. The text can be read normally when the video is enlarged on the display to 1:1 ratio.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Below is the list of characters with special meaning that can be used in the text field: Parameters %YYYY %YY %MM %DD %hh %mm %ss %H %C %X %N Description Year in four-digit format. For example, 2008 Year in two-digit format. For example, 08 Month in two-digit format. For example, 01 for January, 12 for December Date in two-digit format. 01~31 Hour in two-digit format. 00~23. Note that only 24-hour indication is supported. Minutes in two-digit format.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 There are 4 pre-defined color options for privacy masks. If the user wants to use any other colors, please use URL commands to set up the privacy mask instead. To do that, please refer to the Guide that explains the use of URL commands. When switching back to live view, the privacy mask would look like this: Please note that the Text Overlay (OSD) and Privacy Masks will take effect for both Stream 1 and Stream 2.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 On-Screen Graphics On-Screen Graphics (OSG) is a new feature that allows placing custom image files on the top of the video as a layer. For example, it can be used as a watermark for security purposes, or a brand logo in the corner of the video image. There is no interface within Web Configurator to configure On-Screen Graphics since it is a rarely used feature. The URL commands can be used to complete the task instead.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 When done, use another URL command to configure its position: http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_CONFIG= 1,0,0,240,106,EB8080,4 ...
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Audio The section Audio is available only for audio-supported models. The user interface for audio control looks as below: Parameters Audio In Audio In Sensitivity Audio Out Volume Audio Format Description The option “Enabled” would activate incoming audio (either line in or built-in microphone). The option “Disabled” would turn off the incoming audio. In such case, the video stream is captured without audio.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Event This section describes how to setup the Event Handler, which deals with how the IP devices 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.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 To setup FTP servers, make sure to enter the network address of FTP server, the Network (FTP) port, the User Name and Password of FTP account, Connection mode (Passive or Active) and Connection time before timeout. After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet. SMTP Server SMTP servers can send email upon request from the IP device.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 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.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 To setup HTTP servers, make sure to enable the HTTP server, enter the user name, the user password, Network (HTTP Server) address, Network (HTTP Server) port number and Max connection time before timeout (in seconds). After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet. Event Configuration Event configurations are the responses to be performed when an event is triggered.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 disable it. This will allow you to keep the settings without using it, which will be useful in testing and troubleshooting. To setup Notification Messages, make sure to enable the message and then determine what type of message to send (HTTP CGI or email). If you are sending to CGI server, you need to enter the CGI path, the URL command itself, and an optional message.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 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 groups of settings to upload video/snapshot. Snapshots can be sent to FTP / HTTP CGI and via e-Mail, while video can only be uploaded to FTP or HTTP CGI servers.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Upload Video/snapshot and Audio checkbox: this decides if this rule is in effect, or disabled. Sometimes it is useful to keep the settings for troubleshooting purposes, but keep them as disabled. Upload Media to: these define the task at hand, and change the field that needs to be filled out. Upload Period: IP device will provide video/snapshots for the number of seconds here. It will stop uploading video/snapshot at the end of this period.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 CGI server designer for this section. IP devices do not allow upload of Snapshots / Video into their embedded CGI servers. E-Mail Recipient / Subject: When uploading video/ snapshots via email, these fields are required. Video Source: Choosing the video source from video 1 or video 2. Auto Naming Rules for Files and Folders: To properly track images and videos, a well thought out naming rule is necessary.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 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 intelligent 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.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Event List 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 grayed out, this means the rule is currently not enabled and stays inactive.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 How is it triggered? Events may be triggered by one of the several sources. In the example below, Motion Detection region 1 is used as the event trigger. 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. DIs: For selected models only, the IP device may be triggered by Digital Input.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Reboot device: This triggers the event response when the device is shut down via web UI “Save and Reboot”. Use this to keep record of when was the device setting edited. Note that this will not take effect when the device is unplugged, as this is not normal shutdown. What responses will occur? Digital Output (selected models only): This is a useful link to other devices. Click to include this in the response for this rule.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Go to a preset point: if the device is a PTZ camera, and there are preset points already configured in PTZ setup page, then you may include this in the response section of the event rule by using Send URL Command method. It is possible to let the camera return to another preset point at the end of the event. After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Local Storage Management The cameras that come with built-in local storage capability will have the [Local Storage] item shown in the “Setup Page” when the mass storage has been inserted into the storage drive slot of the device. Under [Local Storage] item it is possible to manage the storage itself and the files that are stored there.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Status When the mass storage has not been formatted or mounted yet, the camera would not know the status of the storage, and the output would be as follows: If the mass storage has been formatted or mounted already, the Status page will show the details of the storage: In case of IP cameras with MicroSDHC, the Storage Media Type will show “Micro SD”. The capacity of the disk is shown in Gigabytes.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Utilities The “Utilities” are responsible for managing the storage itself rather than the files on the storage. There are three utilities – Mount, Format and Scan. Mount When the Mount storage media button shows “Mount” button then it means that the mass storage has been inserted to the camera, but the connection between camera and the storage has not been established yet. By pressing the “Mount” button, the storage becomes active.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Unmount Once the drive has been mounted, it can later be unmounted by pressing “Unmount” button, if necessary. That Unmount function is used when the camera is to be shut down for maintenance or when the mass storage has to be physically removed for some reason. The purpose of unmounting is to protect the currently processed data on mass storage at the moment of removal of the storage. If 77 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 the local storage is being used by camera and some videos or snapshots are being recorded to the disk, then the sudden shutdown or removal of the disk without unmounting may corrupt the file that is currently being used by the camera. The rest of the files are not influenced in any way. Please note that “Save&Reboot” function of the camera also does unmounting automatically for the user.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Format Failure If the disk is damaged or it is not within the specifications of the camera, the formatting may fail. When this happens, there is no way to continue using that disk, and it has to be replaced with a proper one. 79 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Scan To check the “health” of the disk, it is possible to use the “Scan” function. If the disk has already been mounted, the “Scan” button is grayed out, unmount the disk first to enable the “Scan” button. Scan Failure The scanning would fail if the disk is not recognized by the camera. Make sure that the disk has been properly formatted and mounted to the camera. 80 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Setup The “Setup” function provides the option to manage the file writing behavior of the camera. By default, the camera is set to “Remove old recordings when ran out of storage space automatically”. By using this mode, the camera’s recording process will not be interrupted when the disk becomes full – the oldest files will be overwritten by new recordings.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 By this option, the possibility of sending notification e-mails automatically has been enabled. The % refers to the remaining size of available storage at which the camera should send a notification e-mail, in case such task has been listed in Event Handler of the camera. To actually make the e-mail notification work, please go to Event Handler (See “Event Handler with Local Storage” on page 88.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 When clicking on the “?” mark on the upper right corner, the useful help message would appear: In order to let the camera record files either by event or by schedule, please go to Event Handler to set it up (“Event Handler with Local Storage” on page 88.). When the camera starts to record either videos or snapshots, you will be able to manage the files under “File Management” here. The largest possible recording file is approximately 30 minutes.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Search Recordings by Time If you are looking for the recordings of specific time period, then you may check the “Search recordings by time”, and select the starting time of the searchable range as well as the length of the time period. With search settings above, only those files will be listed which were recorded between 2013.6.4 11:00 and 2013.6.4 12:00.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Download Recordings You can download the files manually to remote PC by clicking on the File Name. Delete Recordings You can manually delete the files by filling the checkboxes and then pressing the “Remove” button. Search Snapshots If the event rule of the Event Handler defines that there should be Snapshots stored on local storage instead of Video, then the snapshots will appear in File Management’s file list. The extension of snapshot file is “jpg”. 85 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 View and Download Snapshots By clicking on the snapshot file name in file list it is possible to view the snapshot within Web Configurator. To download the snapshot, right click on the picture and save it to the computer. Deleting Snapshots You can manually delete the snapshots by filling the checkboxes and then pressing the “Remove” button.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Downloading Files by FTP Client In addition to Web Configurator’s File Management, it is also possible to use any of the FTP Clients to list and download the recordings from the local storage thanks to the built-in FTP Server of the camera. Use the ftp:// followed by camera’s IP and then type the camera’s account and password (default is Admin, 123456).
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Event Handler with Local Storage In order to save video clips or snapshots on a local storage, there has to be a task created under Event Handler system of the camera that defines what type of files and when are they to be recorded on local storage. Event Handler supports following Recording methods: 1. Event triggered video recording or snapshots (recommended solution) 2.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Check the “Upload Video/Snapshot1”. Please note that later on scheduler page this item will be referred to as “Image 1”. Let’s see the example of video format first – Upload Media Type shall be Video. Upload Media To shall be “Local Storage”. The camera has the capability to buffer up to 3 seconds of video at any time, so that we can include these 3 seconds of video to the file, to capture the moment right before the event occurred.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Make sure to have the rule “Enabled” by filling the checkbox. By the example above, the camera will be 24/7 on guard to watch for motion events. When motion detection region 1 detects intrusion, it will trigger the response of uploading “image 1” according to the parameters defined under “Event Configuration” earlier. In other words, whenever motion occurs, the camera will record 3 seconds of video before the moment of motion detection, and 57 seconds after that.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Scheduled Video Recording Although it is not really recommended to have full-time recording for MicroSDHC due to it is not physically as capable as hard disk, the firmware still allows it to be configured for full-time recording mode. Let’s use the same media parameters as in previous example. Since the time unit of event rule is minute based, we should make sure that the media settings (in seconds) would add up as a round number in minutes.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 As a result, the camera will be continuously recording, having each video file with the length of 1 minute. Event Triggered Snapshots Choose the “Upload video/snapshot” item in the “Event Configuration” page and check the Upload Media Type as “Snapshot” if you want to save images to camera’s local storage. With the settings above, it would create 1 snapshot within 1 second from the moment of triggered event using following file name snapshot_%YYYY-%MM-%DD-%hh-%mm-%ss .
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Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Schedule configuration: As a result, There will be one snapshot from Media 1 stored on local storage once every minute, 24 hours a day. The snapshots can be accessible from “Local Storage” -> “File Management” 94 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 System The section System provides the list of functions that help manage the camera. The [+] mark before System indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it. Once expanded, the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the [-] mark. User Account The section User Accounts allows doing following user management tasks: 1. Change the account name or password of the Root account that has a full access to the camera. 2.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 System Info The section System Info provides the full information about camera status, settings and log. This information is very helpful while doing the camera configuration, maintenance or troubleshooting. The Server Report is a convenient way of exporting the full list of camera related information in a text format, so that it can be sent to the technical support team for faster service. 96 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Factory Default The section Factory Default allows the camera settings be reset to the original factory settings. If you want to keep network settings and restore other settings to factory default, please select the first option. If you select the second one instead, all the settings would be removed during factory default. You will have to use factory default IP setting to connect to this camera. 97 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Firmware Upload The section Firmware Upload allows remote upgrade or downgrade of camera firmware. The upgrade to newer version is usually done in order to gain new functions or fix existing bugs or limitations while downgrade to older version is used mostly for integration purposes where the newly purchased camera model comes with the newer firmware version than supported by a third party video management system of a given project.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Save & Reboot The Save & Reboot section allows saving the settings and rebooting the camera remotely. This is critical because some settings might not take effect before save & reboot. 99 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP device. Be sure to logout this IP device once you have completed all the tasks via Web Configurator. 100 www.acti.
Firmware User’s Manual V6.04.15 Troubleshooting Although the default settings of the camera are ideal for 90% of the cases, there may be some rare cases when the settings need to be adjusted or the device has to be examined. The following section provides easy troubleshooting solutions for most cases. In some occasions, the unexpected symptoms may be the result of selecting the product that is not suitable for given environment.
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