User manual
ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 52
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Chapter III - HTTP Access
Arecont Vision cameras support three protocols: TFTP, HTTP, and RTSP/RTP. TFTP protocol is
recommended for application scenarios where high quality video at full frame rate is required. The drawback
(if any) is that the implementation of TFTP protocols requires custom software application development based
on Arecont Vision’s SDK. RTSP/RTP protocol is supported only in camera models that are equipped with
h.264 encoder, as described at the end of this chapter.
Camera performance in terms of frame rate is somewhat slower via HTTP than via TFTP and is comparable
to other multi-megapixel products available on the market.
Notational conventions:
camera_ip : IP address of the camera;
| : means one or another, but not both i.e. logical OR;
( ) : allowable values;
.. : a range of values which can be incremented by 1;
• +/- : positive values do not need the “+” sign, while the negative values do need the “-
“ sign in front of the value;
[ ] : non-mandatory value which can be omitted.
On-Camera Web Page
Arecont Vision cameras can be accessed from a web browser via the on-camera web page. The web page
allows changing camera settings and to view live video by means of Java script stored in camera’s non-
volatile memory. The web page is accessed by typing in any web browser:
http://ip_address or http://ip_address/index.html
In addition to the web page Arecont Vision cameras also implement html video container that can be used for
incorporation of the camera URL into user’s own html page. This video container is accessed from:
http://ip_address/livevideo
To incorporate the video container in an html page, use the following line in the body of the page:
<iframe
src="http://200.168.1.10/"width="800"height="600"marginheight="0"marginwidth="0"scrolling="no">
</iframe>
where the width and height parameters specify the image size requested from the camera.