ACTi Mobile Server User Manual 03/15/2012
Mobile Server Table of Contents 1 Overview 3 Introduction.................................................................................... 3 Network Architecture ...................................................................... 4 Main Specification .......................................................................... 5 Compatible NVR Firmware Version ................................................ 6 System Requirements ....................................................................
Mobile Server Overview Introduction ACTi Mobile Server provides streaming re-direction from NVR Server to all web clients that can see MJPEG format video. Users do not need to modify encoding type of IP devices or NVR settings for Mobile Server, because the service will automatically encode video in MJPEG format.
Mobile Server Network Architecture Scenario 1 Browser on mobile device connects with Software NVR redirected by Mobile Server (on the same computer). Scenario 2 Mobile client app – MobileGo! connects with Software NVR redirected by Mobile Server (on the same computer). Fig. 1 Network Architecture 4 www.acti.
Mobile Server Main Specification Function MobileGo! Browser Supported NVR Type Standalone NVR (XNR-4200, GNR-2000) Software NVR + Mobile Server Software NVR + Mobile Server Supported Device iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad (HD) Supported Browser N/A Supported Language Chinese, English, Japanese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Romanian, and Vietnamese English 640x480 JPEG 160X120 JPEG Single Channel Image Format Layout Type Main Screen Camera Group Displayed Channels Refresh St
Mobile Server (*) The below browser-based mobile client approaches have been tested and proven to work. Browser Device O/S version Firefox for Android HTC smart phone Android 2.3 Built-in Safari Apple i-Device iOS 4.x and later Compatible NVR Firmware Version Software NVR: NVR Enterprise v2.3.04 or later Supported Video Format from Server Note: When connecting to software NVR via Mobile Server‟s re-direction service, please make sure any of the channels on NVR is not using H.
Mobile Server 1. You may install NVR Server and NVR workstation onto the same PC with Mobile Server. 2. Before starting to record, be sure to reserve storage capacity of 20GB or above on the disk drive for recording. 3. Supported Windows OS for 32 bit and 64 bit systems are listed below OS Version 32 bit 64 bit Windows 7 Professional Y Y Windows 7 Enterprise Y Y Note: For 64 bit NVR version, 64 bit Internet Explorer is not supported. Please use 32 bit Internet Explorer.
Mobile Server Mobile Server Installation Given that your software NVR is installed and working normally, all that you need to do before start using client application (browser or MobileGo!) to do remote-monitoring is installing and configuring Mobile Server on the server computer.
Mobile Server Step 3 – Install and Configure Mobile Server Execute the file „Mobile Server.msi’ in the same PC. After it is installed, you have to configure IP address and ports to let web clients access to Mobile Server. There is one file under NVR folder that you have to edit: C:\Program Files\NVR\IPControlCenter\m\config.xml. Please open this file with Notepad and you will see the content as below.
Mobile Server (2) NVR Server Fig. 5 NVR ports < IP>: Mobile Server will use it to communicate with NVR server. Since we install Mobile Server in the same PC with NVR Server, we can use 127.0.0.1 as the IP address. The URL Path consists of the address and HTTP port of NVR. -IP: This URL path will be used by Mobile Server to communicate with NVR Server. Since we install Mobile Server in the same PC with NVR server, you can leave the IP address as 127.0.0.1.
Mobile Server Step 4 –Configure PTZ Camera Settings (if needed) To use PTZ functions on client (browser or MobileGo!), you will also have to configure it for each PTZ camera manually. Please follow the instruction below and configure it through the following steps. 1. Please enable PTZ function in NVR for each PTZ camera. And please make sure PTZ function work in NVR with proper settings. 2.
Mobile Server Fig. 7 Configuration text start Find PTZ Camera Configuration Section ●In this document, User editable scope is between and labels; there are originally three sections in the content, each section begins with “- ”and ends with “ ”. The last section describes the attributes of PTZ camera"{CAMERA_ID}", where you modify its settings.
Mobile Server ~ ~ Fig. 8 Configurations of PTZ Cameras (Example) First, you will have to find the PTZ camera that you have according to Model Production Id and . After that, you will be able to start to configure all the other fields. Items from (1) to (11) need to be properly configured. If not, the PTZ function won‟t be able to work. (1) Media Source id and (2) Identify Name: Please fill in the Camera ID. See the [Camera ID] shown on NVR Camera Basic Setting page of NVR Server( See Fig. 9).
Mobile Server [User Name] shown on NVR Camera Basic Setting page of NVR Server( See Fig. 9). (9) Model and (10) Production Id: It shows the model name of the PTZ camera. See the model name shown on NVR Camera Basic Setting page of NVR Server( See Fig. 9). (11) Contact Type: For Protocol setting, input “1” here if you use TCP; input “2” here if you use RTP. See the [Protocol] shown on NVR Camera Basic Setting page of NVR Server( See Fig. 9). Fig. 9 NVR Camera Basic Setting Fig.
Mobile Server Startup To connect to mobile server, there are two kinds of clients to use: Browser On any device (e.g. computer or, mobile phone, etc) that supports MJPEG-enabled browsers like Safari or Firefox, type in NVR Server URL with the related path “/m/” to start the service. For example, if your NVR server‟s address is 220.228.146.22 and use 80 as HTTP port, you will have to key in the address http://220.228.146.
Mobile Server MobileGo! MobileGo! is an app for i-devices like iPod, iPhone or iPad to connect Mobile Server and do remote-monitoring. You need to download it first from App Store and install it. For details, please refer to MobileGo! User Manual provided on ACTi Corporate website via this link: http://www.acti.com/product/detail/Video_Management_System/ACTi_Utility_Suite To login, simply type in Account/password, the NVR ip, and port number. For example: Account/password: guest/guest , NVR ip: mobile.
Mobile Server Login Fig. 13 Login Screen 1 Username Please key in account username. Default username for NVR server is Admin. 2 Password Please key in account password. Default password for NVR server is 123456. 3 Remember Password Check the box to remember username and password. 4 Login Please Click on Login button to log into the service. 17 www.acti.
Mobile Server Live View Live Main Screen Upon login of the system, Live tab will automatically display thumbnails of all the channels captured on that second from IP devices. Thumbnail layout may change in accordance with display panel resolution. Module Tabs Quit Thumbnails Channel Thumbnails Fig. 14 Live Main Screen Summary of the Live Main Screen 1. Module Tab To switch modules, user may click on one of the tabs to change modules. 2.
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Mobile Server Module Tabs There are two modules in the system, Live and Playback, to carry out live streaming and playback. Fig. 15 Module Tabs Under Live module when a specific channel is selected, tabs may vary depending upon IP device model. Some channels might have PTZ-enabled tab if they are PTZ models. Users may double click on one of the thumbnails to start live stream, and tabs on the top-left-hand-side shall be displayed as in Fig. 16. Fig.
Mobile Server Live Streaming In Live main page, double click on a channel to start live view. Fig. 18 Live View 1. Home To go back to Live main page. 2. Playback To switch to Playback page. 3. PTZ To control PTZ. Details please refer to PTZ Function. 4. Quit To log out from the service. 21 www.acti.
Mobile Server PTZ Function Fig. 19 Live streaming with PTZ control 1. Speed You may define speed of movement here. 2. Preset To select a preset point. 3. Go Click on Go to move to the preset point with pre-defined speed. 4. On-screen PTZ Users may move the PTZ device via on-screen PTZ control buttons. To control PTZ, click on the display panel, then PTZ buttons shall overlay transparently. Click on one of the buttons to control PTZ. These buttons will fade out when there are no more cursor clicks.
Mobile Server Fig. 20 PTZ Speed and Preset 23 www.acti.
Mobile Server Playback Playback Overview Users may search recorded video clips regarding channels, date/time, duration, and type. Quit Module Tabs Thumbnails Search Panel Submit Thumbnails Fig. 21 Playback Main Screen Summary of the Playback Main Screen 1. Module Tab To switch modules. 2. Search Panel Users may search for playback under several search conditions . 3. Submit To send out search criteria to the Server. 4. Quit To quit the service. 24 www.acti.
Mobile Server Search Panel Fig. 22 Search Panel 1. Camera The service allow users to search playback from a single channel. 2. Start Date To select a date. 3. Start Time To define the start time. 4. Duration To define the duration of search period. 5. Event Type Event type allows users to specify whether they would like to search playback of scheduled recording, motion-triggered recording, or DI-triggered recordings. The selection may be multiple choices. In Fig.
Mobile Server To return to Search Result list, please click on Search Result button. Clicking on Home will return to Live main page, and clicking on Live button will start live video of the channel. Fig. 23 Search results Fig. 24 Playback Note: Please note that recording file length and pre-event recording length are defined in NVR Server configuration. Users are not allowed to change any NVR settings through the Mobile Server service.
Mobile Server Optimize the Performance of Client Mobile Server makes remote-monitoring possible as soon as you install and configure it on your NVR server computer. With normal network connectivity, you may enjoy the convenient functions it provides and satisfactory video streaming quality. However, you may experience certain unstable video display performance, for example, certain channels take longer to display the images upon logging in, or the live view streaming is not smooth enough.
