B Series Firmware User Manual
Firmware User Manual Table of Contents Recommended PC Specifications ........................................................................................................... 4 Preparation ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Connect the Equipment ................................................................................................................ 5 Configure the IP Addresses ...........
Firmware User Manual HTTPS ...........................................................................................................................................33 IEEE 802.1X ..................................................................................................................................34 SNMP Setting ...............................................................................................................................35 RTP ..................................................
Firmware User Manual Recommended PC Specifications Before configuring or testing your cameras, the following recommended PC specifications should be considered. CPU/Processor Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz or above Memory (RAM) 2 GB or above Operating System Windows XP with SP2 or above. Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 7 Internet Explorer 8.
Firmware User Manual 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 must 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 adapter.
Firmware User Manual In the example below, we successfully found B31-000 camera that we had just connected to the network. By double clicking on the B31 camera, it will 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. Make note of this IP address for later use. 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 Manual 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 The default port number would be 80.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual Access the Camera Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the same network segment, you can now 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 Manual The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to cover all functions of the camera. 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.
Firmware User Manual 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 The administrator account is setup for you prior to setup. (Account: Admin, Password: 123456). You can later create normal user accounts with limited access rights if necessary. Select your language choice using the drop down.
Firmware User Manual Live View The live view will appear automatically with the video resolution of 1280x720 (1MP cameras) or 1920x1080 (2-5MP cameras). While 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 Manual The cameras have the dual stream capability – Stream 1 is usually the high resolution stream with the purpose of being recorded by the NVR while Stream 2 has lighter video configuration for NVR live view purposes, to reduce the computing power of the NVR PC. Both streams can be configured under Web Configurator’s Setup page.
Firmware User Manual 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 on the user interface only when the Audio-in function of the camera has been “Enabled” under Setup page.
Firmware User Manual View Modes For the B-5360 fisheye camera, the Miniature Fisheye-View and View Mode buttons appear on the Live View screen. By default, a miniature of the Fisheye view is shown on the lower right corner of the Live View, press to hide the miniature fisheye-view or to display it.
Firmware User Manual 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. If Miniature Fisheye-view is enabled, the current direction and scope of view is shown on the Miniature Fisheye-view window with the red marking.
Firmware User Manual Panorama View Mode This mode allows you to view the camera in panorama view where details can be seen more clearly. When the camera is installed on the ceiling, there will be two panorama views, one for the upper hemisphere and another for the lower hemisphere. If Miniature Fisheye-view is enabled, the current scope of view is shown on the Miniature Fisheye-view window with the red marking.
Firmware User Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual PTZ Control Panel (For PTZ and Zoom Cameras) For PTZ and zoom camera models, click the PTZ button on the Live View screen to display the PTZ Control Panel.
Firmware User Manual only pan the camera to one direction up to 180°. NOTE: Not available on the B-210 PTZ. Pan/Tilt Speed: Select the desired pan/tilt speed. The bigger the number, the faster the speed is. TIP: While the PTZ Control Panel is open, instead of using the pan/tilt controls, move the mouse cursor over the Live View, the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in/out or directional icons (e.g. / / / / etc.). Click or drag the mouse to zoom in/out or pan/tilt the camera view.
Firmware User Manual through the URL command. How to Set the Home Position 1. Pan, tilt, and zoom on the area that you want to set as the home position. 2. Click the Apply button on the Save current position as home position. How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol Advidia cameras fully support the URL Command, a high level PT command set.
Firmware User Manual How to Set Touring Preset Points Preset points are user-defined areas that the camera can zoom in to. A series of preset points can be grouped as one Tour. To create a preset point, do the following: 1. On Preset, click the icon to start creating a preset point. 2. Under the Name field, type a preset point name. 3. Pan, tilt, and zoom on the area that you want to set as the preset point. 4. Once done, click the 5. Repeat the above procedures to create more preset points.
Firmware User Manual to configure the Preset Tour. A Preset Tour directs the camera to cycle through a sequence of preset points and how long to stay on each preset point. To set or modify a tour, do the following: 1. On Select a Preset Point, select a tour and then click Edit Tour. 2. Select a preset point from the list, set the duration (sec) of how long the camera will stay in that point and the pan/tilt speed (the bigger the number, the faster the speed), and then click . Duration 3.
Firmware User Manual 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add more preset points to the tour. 5. Once done, click the Save button on Select a Preset Point. 6. On Touring Control, select the tour name to activate. Once activated, the camera will start the tour. How to Use the Scan Function (for PTZ only) The Scan Control page enables the camera to go from one predefined point to another by scanning the view horizontally without losing focus.
Firmware User Manual When a scan point has been set, the corresponding Delete click icon appears. To remove the scan point, . How to Manage Scan To start scanning, click . To restart scanning from the starting point while scanning is in progress, click To stop scanning, click . . When scanning is interrupted by other camera operation, like pan, tilt, zoom, etc., checking Return to Auto Scan after box enables the camera to resume scan function after the defined period of time (seconds).
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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. Choose the appropriate Time Zone from the select box, too. If your location is not listed there, then pick any of the listed zones which GMT is identical with your location.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual “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 255.255.255.255, and it will affect only a single IP address per line of entry, or use 255.255.255.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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. The authenticator is a network device, such as an Ethernet switch or wireless access point; and the authentication server is typically a host running software supporting the RADIUS and EAP protocols.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual TM Most of the Windows-based computers have the capability to discover the devices that support UPnP . Below is the example of Windows 7: by clicking on the Network icon of Windows 7, the PC will discover the cameras instantly. Bonjour The section Bonjour provides the option to enable or disable the ability of the camera to be discovered by the other network devices using Bonjour protocol, developed by Apple Inc.
Firmware User Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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. The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet. New IP address settings will only take effect after pressing System -> Save & Reboot.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 the video management system.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual Video & Audio The section Video or Video & Audio (for audio supported cameras) provides the options to adjust the video quality, configure the streaming details of the camera, and audio settings (for Audio supported cameras only), which will be described in the succeeding pages. The default settings of the camera are sufficient for most environments and the video adjustments are not necessary.
Firmware User Manual Camera Options on Fisheye Cameras (B-5360) Choose the Mounting Type according to how the camera is mounted to display the appropriate view. There are two options: Ceiling or Wall. For Ceiling mount, a double panorama is shown on the window, showing the upper and lower hemisphere of the video. For Wall mount, a single panorama view is shown. Camera Options on 1.3MP Cameras Cameras with 1.3MP resolution have a high frame rate mode of 60fps. By default, high frame mode is disabled.
Firmware User Manual To access the Video settings for your cameras, click the sub menu item labeled 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 Manual Parameters Encoder Type H.264 Profile VGA Aspect Ratio Description There are two encoder types available: H.264 (High Profile) and MJPEG. This item is available only if the Encoder Type is H.264. The H.264 Profile defines the video compression scheme: High Profile, Main Profile, and Baseline. These schemes vary from least compressed, Baseline, to most compressed, High Profile. By default, the H.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Big and fast High sensitivity (65-100) 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 IR LED Control 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 Manual Image The section Image allows user to control certain parameters of a video frame. For B-210 & B-5360 Parameters Video Flipping / Video Mirroring Brightness Contrast Saturation (for I-series only) Digital Noise Reduction WDR 3D Noise Reduction (for I-series only) Edge Enhancement (for I-series only) Image Stabilization (for I-series only) Description Check this box to flip the video up-down and left-right to achieve the 180-degree rotation effect.
Firmware User Manual 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. IR Exposure Compensation – Enabled IR Exposure Compensation is available on all cameras with IR lLEDs.
Firmware User Manual Slowest Auto Shutter Speed is the user defined threshold for slowest allowed speed of auto shutter. For example, if by default the shutter speed would vary between 1/5s ~ 1/2000s depending on the lighting conditions, then setting the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to 1/30s would narrow down the auto shutter range to work between 1/30s ~ 1/2000s. The purpose of allowing user to define the threshold for slowest speed is to avoid motion blur caused by too slow shutter at night.
Firmware User Manual rest of the colors. In such cases, the installer can “help” the camera to understand the true colors by placing a white object (for example a piece of white paper) in front of the camera to cover the whole field of view 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.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual OSD/Privacy Mask The section OSD / Privacy Mask allows user to do one of the two on-video operations: NOTE: Privacy Mask is not available on zoom and PT(Z) cameras under the E and B camera series. 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.
Firmware User Manual 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. 00~59 Seconds in two-digit format.
Firmware User Manual For PTZ camera models, the privacy mask is dynamic. Thus, when the camera is panned to other directions, the region that is originally covered remains covered for privacy. Please note that the Text Overlay (OSD) and Privacy Masks will take effect for both Stream 1 and Stream 2. 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual Digital I/O Ports Digital input/output ports (select models only) are used to connect digital input (DI) and digital output (DO) devices. DI is a trigger device like a switch or sensor (e.g. “panic button”), which when pressed or triggered, notifies the camera to perform specific actions or the DO device to respond. DO’s can be alarms or lights, etc. The Digital I/O Ports page displays the number of available DI and DO ports on the camera, which varies depending on camera model.
Firmware User Manual *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. Notification messages may be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server. If sent to a CGI server, it works the same as an URL command, but it does not allow a second message at end of event. You may configure up to three preset massages. You can configure a message, but disable it.
Firmware User Manual *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. If Audio in is enabled in device, the uploaded video will include audio.
Firmware User Manual 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. 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 throughout the event period and afterwards. But the special upload session will end as the event ends. Image during Upload Period: This is used only by snapshots.
Firmware User Manual 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. There are a number of automatic variables available to design a proper naming system, which may be used both on files and folders. Symbol %YYYY Description Example 4 digits for year 2009 for year 2009 the last 2 digits of 4 digits year 09 for year 2009 %MM two digits for month.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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. Send notification Message: Select from the three pre-defined messages which you’ve setup in the Event Configuration section. You may enable multiple messages at the same time. For sending Email, please limit the recipient to one per event rule.
Firmware User Manual 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. Manual Event You may select one event in the Manual Event area below the event list to be triggered via web user interface. 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 installed memory cards, the Storage Media Type will show “Micro SD”. NOTE: Supports microSDHC and microSDXC cards only. The capacity of the disk is shown in Gigabytes.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual 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. Please note that under this mode, there is a risk that important evidence may be deleted automatically over a period of time.
Firmware User Manual 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 98.) of the camera and set up the event rule where the selected trigger type is “disk space is low”. File Management The File Management function is available only when the disk has been properly mounted to the camera.
Firmware User Manual 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 98.). 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 Manual 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 Manual 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”.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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 Manual 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. With the settings of: Pre-Buffer Time = 3; Upload Period = 57 the length of the video clip will be 1 minute. You can freely decide the name of the file. Whatever name you choose, the camera will automatically append milliseconds in the end.
Firmware User Manual 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. The video file can then be found under “Local Storage” -> “File Management”.
Firmware User Manual Scheduled Video Recording Although it is not really recommended to have full-time recording on the memory card due to it being not as physically capable as a 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 Manual 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 . The naming rule of the file is similar to the video files.
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Firmware User Manual Schedule configuration: As a result, There will be one snapshot from Media 1 stored on local storage once every minute, 24 hours a day.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual 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 Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP device. Be sure to logout the IP device once you have completed all the tasks via Web Configurator.
Firmware User Manual 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.
Firmware User Manual IR light reflection Make sure the dome or bullet cover is tightly mounted; Reduce the AE reference target in Auto Exposure mode; Reduce the Exposure Gain in Manual Exposure mode Streaming Quality Troubleshooting Frame Rate Too Low at Night In auto exposure mode, set the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to be not slower than the interval of frames; In manual exposure mode, set the Shutter Speed to be not slower than the interval of frames Use dual stream (stream 1 for recording, stream 2 f
