Installation Manual

Microdome Duo® Installation Manual
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Administration and Password Setting
Administration is the place to set a password. Arecont Vision cameras support two levels of password-
protected access control. Camera authentication is compatible with RFC-2068 HTTP 1.1 and is supported by
all standard browsers and video surveillance software.
A. There are two types of users with the following reserved names:
admin – full access to all camera settings and live video.
viewer –viewing access only to live video.
Setting and removing the passwords is the privilege of the admin user, while the viewer can only use the
existing password, but not change it. Factory defaults erase all current passwords for both the admin and the
viewer. A newly shipped camera has no password protection and allows full anonymous access from the
network. In case the admin password has not been set, the camera has full anonymous access from the
network, even if the viewer password has been set.
B. Access control setup consists of three steps:
1. Set admin password (using http commands or using the camera’s web page, see below).
2. Log-in using the admin password and set the viewer password.
3. Communicate the viewer password to the users.
NOTE: The Password accepts a 16 character ASCII but cannot contain white space or following illegal
symbols: # % & ` “ ‘ < >.
In order to delete viewer password, log-in as admin and change the viewer password to a reserved password
empty – this would restore the full anonymous access to the camera. The admin user can change the viewer
password at any time, even without knowing the current viewer password.
NOTE: If the admin password has been set and forgotten, it can only be erased by AV IP Utility using key file.
Please contact Arecont Vision technical support to obtain the key file required to perform this function.