Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 DV-IP Manual v.1.0.1 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................................1 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................3 PACKING LIST .........................................................................................................................................
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Anonymous FTP log .....................................................................................................................39 Security Log ..................................................................................................................................39 OPERATION USING THE ONBOARD(HTML) VIEWER..........................................................40 SUPPORTED SYSTEMS: ....................................................................
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Getting Started Packing List Before connecting your unit, you should remove all items from the box and check you have each component listed below.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Physical Set-up Please ensure the following are available and have been tested prior to the installation: • Mains point • Network point • Network cable • Active Video Signals e.g. at least one working camera feed • Desktop or Laptop PC with CD-ROM drive and connection to the same network as the DVIP unit To rack-mount the unit, screw the supplied rackmount brackets onto the front sides of the DV-IP and mount the chassis into the rack.
Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Configuring for Network Operation: Firstly, obtain the following information from the IT or Network Manager (you can write it below). Note, if you are connecting to a DHCP enabled network, you should not require this info: I.P. Address: . . . Subnet Mask: . . . Default Gateway: . . .
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 9. Save the Values To save the entered values to memory, type the following commands at the terminal session: M\SAVE 10. Type reset to restart the DV-IP. Ignore any diagnostic info shown in the Terminal Window. 11. Connect a network cable from the RJ45 socket marked ‘NET’ on the DV-IP to a live, empty network socket. 12. The green network LED will now start to flash. The DV-IP is now fully installed.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 value P/OK. This indicates the settings have now been saved and the unit should now be reset: 10. On the program toolbar, the second icon from the right (the one that looks like a spanner) is the Reset Device button. Press this now. The unit will be reset, and the settings from DM Config written into memory. If you do not perform this reset, the settings will not be saved, and the unit will not operate on the network. 11. The unit is now ready for operation.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Quick Set-up This guide will show you how to set up a simple multi-camera system to record and view. 1. Firstly, complete the steps above to configure the unit for network operation. 2. Open a web browser and type in the unit’s IP address to access the unit 3. After a moment, the live page will load, with or without an image, dependant on whether you have a live camera connected. 4. When the live page has loaded, press Config in the upper right of the screen 5.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 9. Click the Standard Recording button in the left menu frame 10. Next to the Camera Titles, click the Recording tick box next to each camera you wish to record. 11. Click Save to save your settings 12. Click the Home Main menu Item, then click Live Page 13. You should now be able to see each camera you set up by selecting the camera in the viewer.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Configuration To access the Configuration menus, click the Config link in the top right of the Live Page. This will take you to the Configuration Menu of the DV-IP. Clicking on the Section Headings in the left frame accesses different Submenus – e.g. clicking on the Cameras button will bring up submenus for Camera Set-up, Standard Recording, Variable Rate Recording, Schedules and Text-in-Images.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Cameras Menu Camera Set-up This page is used to set-up the connected cameras and define the viewing resolutions of the live images. Note that any changes will only take effect after a save (to save any page, press the Save button on the lower right of each page). Live Resolution - High, medium and low resolution are definable as, 768x576, 768x288, 720x256, 640x576, 640x256, or 352x288 pixels. The x576 resolutions are Interlaced images. Image Size - From 5KB to 35 KB.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 IP, then the video image will not be viewed or recorded correctly. Mono - If ticked the DV-IP will expect to see a monochrome (B&W) camera. Coax Telemetry - Determines the coaxial telemetry type on each camera as either BBV (Building Block Video), Pelco or OFF.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Standard Recording This page is used to configure cameras for standard recording, where all cameras will adopt the same recording profile. More customised camera set-up is undertaken in Variable Rate Recording. The unit can share a maximum rate of 50pps PAL (20ms), 60pps NTSC between all cameras. Record Resolution - Definable as 768x576, 768x288, 720x256, 640x576, 640x256 or 352x288 pixels. The greater the resolution, the more detailed the images.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 update the Record Duration. Changing the Record Duration will likewise change the Standard Record Rate.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Variable Rate Recording This advanced page configures each camera for its own individually configured record rates. Note that although Variable record Rates allow for individual record rates, the system maximum is still 50pps across all cameras. E.g. 3 cameras running at 40ms (25pps) is not a valid setting, but 3 cameras running at 16pps (62ms) is a valid setting. Variable Record - Enables this camera for variable rate recording.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Schedule This page provides a 7-day system Control Timer. This allows for timed schedules e.g. The unit could be switched to alarm-only recording at 5.30pm every day when work finishes. Day - Provides an automated alarm system configurable Sunday through Saturday. Alarms-Set - The time (in 24 hour clock i.e. 17:00 is 5pm) when the DV-IP alarms become active. Alarms-Unset - The time when alarms become inactive. Alarm State: - Enabled (Set) or Disabled (Unset).
Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Normally Closed - If ticked the system will use a normally closed contact. If unticked, the contact is considered normally open. Holiday Profiles - Provides a 10-day holiday profile list. This enables individual profiles to be defined for special days such as Bank Holidays. Text in Images Text in Images is used when a serial port is being used to accept incoming data from, for example, a POS till or ATM machine.
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DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Alarms Menu Alarm Inputs This page is used to enable the alarm contacts used with the DV-IP. On-Board Alarms - Alarm Inputs 1 to 16. Contact - Alarm contact number. Enabled - Enable the alarm contact. Normally Closed Contact - Defines contact as normally closed. Pulse Extension - Minimum duration of the alarm event in seconds.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Alarm Zone This page is used to configure the alarm operation on the DV-IP. Alarm image protect period - Protect alarm images from being overwritten. Images will become unprotected automatically after the period defined, and will be overwritten. Select Alarm Zone – An alarm zone is a virtual ‘zone’ defined by the user.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 E.g. If the Zone Alarm Input is attached to Door A and the AND input attached to door B, an alarm event will be triggered only if BOTH doors are open at the same time. Zone NOT Input - User definable double-knock option. Only if the Zone Alarm Input receives a trigger but the Zone NOT Input does not receive a trigger - the DV-IP will go into alarm.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 VMD VMD, or Video Motion Detection, allows cameras to automatically detect changes in the scene that they are monitoring, and perform a number of actions such as notify an operator, or increase camera recording rates if required. To establish the best settings for VMD, it is recommended that you undertake testing based on different Pixel Count and Pixel Change settings. Too high a setting will miss activity, and too low will cause false triggers.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Change Standard Record Rate - Sets the alarm record rate across ALL CAMERAS enabled in the record sequence. Change Variable Record Rate - Changes the alarm record rate for THIS CAMERA ONLY if the camera is enabled in the Camera Set-up page. Report on VMD Activity - Connects to DV-IP Viewer when the alarm handling functionality is enabled. As configured in the Alarm Reporting page. 24 Hour Alarm - VMD will be enabled 24 hours a day on this camera.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 The VMD Configuration box allows you to set 16 individually defined areas per camera, allowing for very complex motion detection. The configuration box has a number of fields defined below: Camera - Select the Camera for VMD set up. Zone - Provides 16 independent zones for VMD per camera. Each zone is defined bgy left clicking on the screen for the top-left of the VMD zone, and clicking again on the screen to define the bottom-right corner.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Zone Display Only/Full Display - Displays either the user defined zones or the whole image. Resolution - High, medium or low resolution reference image. Refresh - Updates the reference image during set-up. Walk Test On – This provides a simple test to ensure that setting work as you would expect them. VMD triggers are shown in the thumbnail – allowing you to increase or decrease sensitivity as desired.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Database Configuration This page shows you the last time the Events database was reset, and current number of events held. It also allows you to set the maximum number of events held in the database, and reset the database, clearing all events.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Dial On Camera Fail - Forces a connection when a camera goes into a failed state when enabled in the Camera Set-up page. Dial Retry Time - The delay time before re-connecting after a failed connection (1 to 30 minutes between dials). After 6 failed attempts, the retry time defaults to 30 minutes. Dial Limit - The number of times the DV-IP will try to connect on alarm. A value of zero indicates no limit is set.
Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 System Menu System Features The system features menu is a master control menu for the enabling of 5 features on the DV-IP. If these features are not enabled on this page, they will be inactive, not matter how other pages are set up. The 5 features are: Text-in-Images – Enables or Disables the Text in Images feature RS485 Expansion Bus – the expansion bus on the rear of the DV-IP that accepts DM expansion modules – e.g.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 IP Address - If the IP Address is set to 0.0.0.0, the DV-IP will attempt to obtain an IP Address, Subnet Mask & Gateway from a DHCP server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). The DV-IP name will be associated to this dynamic IP Address by the DNS server (Domain Name Server). If the IP Address is set to 0.0.0.0 and no DV-IP name is specified, the DV-IP will use the serial number as the URL.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Modem/Terminal Adapter PPP Options PPP Idle Line timeout - (Seconds) Should a connection be left open where there is no data traffic, the DV-IP will hang up. PPP Link Down Timer - (Minutes) Should a connection be lost, this setting forces the DV-IP to drop the PPP connection.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Serial Ports and Telemetry This page is used to configure the four communication ports on the DV-IP web server. NOTE: Changes will only take effect when saved and the DV-IP unit is reset. COM1 & COM2 Debug - Mode that provides useful DV-IP system data. General Purpose - Engineering test mode. PPP - Allows remote access via an external modem or terminal adapter PPP_Link1 (COM2) is the priority PPP port. PPP_LINK2 (COM1) is a secondary PPP port.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 \ETC\paths.ini file in the DV-IP Web Server Area. Off - Disables the communication port. Telemetry Options Note:- Enabling RS232 telemetry disables coaxial telemetry.
Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Audio Set-up This page is used to initiate audio recording. Audio can be listened to, and the microphone activated, using the DV-IP Viewer software. Line-in/Mic - When enabled, the DV-IP records audio attached to the Line-Input of the DVIP. Audio is only recorded when presented to the DV-IP. Line-out - When enabled, the DV-IP records audio transmitted from a PC with DV-IP Viewer software. Ramdisk RAMDISK - Definable pre-alarm images buffer.
Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 FTP Event Download This page is used to set configuration options for automatic download of events to a specified FTP server. This allows for remote storage of alarm events. E.g. In a multi-DV-IP installation, this allows all events from all units to be stored on a central server. FTP Server - This specifies the FTP Server to connect to. The server can be specified by its IP address, full URL or a name.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Webcam Set-up This page is used to configure one or more cameras as ‘WebCams’ – i.e. the images are made available to a web server for use on web pages. The selected cameras will be uploaded by FTP to a Web Server for viewing by anyone who has access to the server on the Intranet or Internet. A sample WebCam page for viewing the images is distributed as \pcbin\webcam.html on the DV-IP.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 WebCam Enable - This sets when the WebCam updates are enabled to the host system. Disabled - WebCam updates are never performed. This is intended to temporarily disable the all WebCams without clearing the Camera Selection mask. Enabled when system SET - WebCam images will only be updated to the host server when the system is in the SET mode. SET and UNSET modes are selected by contact or the schedule.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Watermarking This page is used to examine the video partition index information and to generate Watermark certificates. These watermarks prove that an image has not been altered or tampered with by producing MD5 signatures that change if any alterations are made to the image files. To watermark images, follow the steps below: The time range is set up using the "Start time and date" and "End time and date".
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Reset This page contains a reset button, which is used to reboot the unit. The reset happens immediately on confirmation of reset, and the countdown represents the period until the html pages can be accessed again i.e. the time for a restart to execute. Sometimes, the unit has to be reset for settings to be stored – i.e. those held in Non-Volatile memory.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 The System Logs The DV-IP produces log files for PPP Connections, Anonymous FTP Connections, Illegal file access attempts, and FTP and Telnet users. These logs are enabled in the Logs menu, under System Logs Set-up. The logs will not be seen on the System Logs menu until the boxes are ticked and the page saved. Logfile The Logfile page shows a log of System information such as startups, resets and timed set/unsets.
Operation using the Onboard(HTML) Viewer The onboard viewer is a set of onboard HTML pages accessed through a standard web browser (see below). These pages allow you to configure the DV-IP and view the pages locally. For multi-user viewing and alarm receiving, the DV-IP Viewer application on the CD should be installed. Supported Systems: Operating System: Windows 98SE, ME, NT4 SP6, 2000 and XP Internet Browser: IE 5.5 onwards, Netscape 4.
Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Viewscreen This is where images are displayed. Images in this screen can be images of a single camera, quad display, 9-way or 16-way. At the top of the viewscreen, the grey bar shows (from L to R) Camera Number, Camera Title, Date, Time (24 hour). Right clicking on the display will copy the image to the Windows Clipboard, where it can be pasted into another application. This works for all views – a 16-way view will be copied in the same way as a Single.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Events Database Feb 28th 2003 The events database is a listing of all Power Ups, VMD Alarm Events, and Contact Alarm Events. This database is automatically updated every time a new event occurs.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Specific Tasks Recording to PC or network storage To record the footage being viewed, be it live or recorded, follow the steps below: 1. If you want to capture recorded footage, either rewind to the desired time, or use the Instant Go-To fields. 2. Once you have reached the desired time, click the Record button in the controls 3.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 6. Configure the serial port settings as follows: Baud Rate: 9600 Parity: None 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit (Unless VCL Ademco, when it should be set to 2 Stop Bits) Flow Control: None 7. Save the page – your changes may appear not to have been registered. They will not become active until you reset the unit. 8. Reset the unit to store the settings. The unit can be reset by pressing the Reset button 9.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 If you wish to define multiple user names and passwords for a unit, add each new user name and password below the existing one: e.g. existing info: [FTP] dm=web to add user names and passwords, just add below the existing – [FTP] dm=web user=password third=here another=user USERS.ini File # DV-IP v1.0 12-12-02 [FTP] dm=ftp [Telnet] dm=telnet [Serial] # serial=password WEBUSER.ini The WEBUSER.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 # -- Users Passwords -username=unlock # [DV-IP Configuration] # object=replay_pic.cgi # object=display_pic.cgi # object=webpages/index.shtml object=frmpages # object=webpages/admin.html # # object=frmpages\getcsv.class # object=webpages/blank.html # object=webpages\ptz_ctrl.jar # object=webpages/images/back.jpg # object=webpages/rep_blank.html # object=webpages/viewctrl.shtml # # object=webpages/view.html # object=webpages/images.html # object=dvip/index.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 # # # # # # # Feb 28th 2003 object=frmpages/ad_logs.shtml object=logs/connect.txt object=logs/access.txt object=logs/security.txt object=logs/log.txt object=logs/bak.txt object=webpages/about.html object=frmpages/ad_register.shtml object=webpages/confirm.shtml object=webpages/vmdpic.shtml object=webpages/status.shtml object=webpages/vp.shtml object=webpages/description.html object=pcbin/setup.exe object=pcbin/desktop.exe object=webpages/calib.shtml object=webpages/vt_begin.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 [Live] # # Below is LIVE Camera Protection for webpages # (Resolution) res=hi, res=med or res=low # # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=1&res=low&seq=000000 # # object=cgi # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=1 # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=2 # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=3 # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=4 # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=5 # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=6 # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=7 # object=display_pic.cgi?cam=8 # object=display_pic.
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 Using DuoView™ About DuoView™ DuoView™ is a new concept seen on the DV-IP. The DuoView™ page allows you to view both live and recorded footage from any cameras, on the same PC screen simultaneously. The DuoView™ screens are controlled using the same controls as seen on the Live View page. The only difference is the tick boxes used to indicate control of the left or right screen (known as the Live Images Screen or Replay Images Screen).
DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Feb 28th 2003 2. Select the first camera in the Quad sequence – this will display that camera, and the next 3 in sequence 3. Untick the Live Images box 4. Tick the Replay Images Box 5. Again, select the first camera in the Quad Sequence 6. Press the Live button in the playback controls You will now see up to 8 different cameras on the 2 screens, 4 in each Quad View.
Feb 28th 2003 DV-IP User Manual v1.01 Version Info Version 1.0 1.