Network Mini PTZ Camera User Manual UD.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 1 User Manual COPYRIGHT © 2015 Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Any and all information, including, among others, wordings, pictures, graphs are the properties of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. or its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to be “Hikvision”).
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 2 SECURITY RISKS; HOWEVER, HIKVISION WILL PROVIDE TIMELY TECHNICAL SUPPORT IF REQUIRED. SURVEILLANCE LAWS VARY BY JURISDICTION. PLEASE CHECK ALL RELEVANT LAWS IN YOUR JURISDICTION BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT YOUR USE CONFORMS THE APPLICABLE LAW. HIKVISION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN THE EVENT THAT THIS PRODUCT IS USED WITH ILLEGITIMATE PURPOSES. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THIS MANUAL AND THE APPLICABLE LAW, THE LATER PREVAILS.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 3 Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 4 Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that the user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into ‘Warnings’ and ‘Cautions’: Warnings: Serious injury or death may be caused if any of these warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may be caused if any of these cautions are neglected.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 5 Do not drop the product or subject it to physical shock. Do not install the product on vibratory surface or places. Do not expose it to high electromagnetic radiating environment. Do not aim the lens at the strong light such as sun or incandescent lamp. The strong light can cause fatal damage to the product.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 6 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview .................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 System Requirement ................................................................................................................ 9 1.2 Functions.................................................................................................................................. 9 Chapter 2 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 7 7.2 Configuring Time Settings ...................................................................................................... 49 7.3 Configuring Network Settings ................................................................................................ 52 7.3.1 Configuring TCP/IP Settings ............................................................................................... 52 7.3.2 Configuring Port Settings ............................
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 8 11.1.2 Modify a User .............................................................................................................. 107 11.1.3 Delete a User ............................................................................................................... 108 11.2 Configuring RTSP Authentication ......................................................................................... 108 11.3 Configuring Anonymous Visit .........................
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 9 Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 System Requirement System requirement of web browser accessing is as follows: Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and above version / Vista / Win7 / Server 2003 / Server 2008 32bits CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz or higher RAM: 1G or higher Display: 1024×768 resolution or higher Web Browser: Internet Explorer 8.0 and above version, Apple Safari 5.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 10 In the client software, use the left key of mouse to click on the desired position in the video image and drag a rectangle area in the lower right direction, then the camera will move the position to the center and allow the rectangle area to zoom in. Use the left key of mouse to drag a rectangle area in the upper left direction to move the position to the center and allow the rectangle area to zoom out.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 11 specific date and time. The programmable actions include: preset 1-8, day, night, reboot, PT adjust, Alarm output, etc. Park Action This feature allows the PTZ camera to start a predefined action automatically after a period of inactivity. User Management The PTZ camera allows you to edit users with different levels of permission, in the admin login status. Multiple users are allowed to access and control the same network PTZ camera via network simultaneously.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 12 Chapter 2 Network Connection You shall acknowledge that the use of the product with Internet access might be under network security risks. For avoidance of any network attacks and information leakage, please strengthen your own protection. If the product does not work properly, please contact with your dealer or the nearest service center. To ensure the network security of the speed dome, we recommend you to have the speed dome assessed and maintained termly.
13 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Network Cable Figure 2-1 Connecting Directly Network Cable Network Cable PTZ camera Switch or Router PC Figure 2-2 Connecting via a Switch or a Router 2.1.2 Activating the Speed Dome Purpose: You are required to activate the speed dome first before you can use the speed dome. Activation via Web Browser, Activation via SADP, and Activation via client software are supported.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 14 Figure 2-3 Activation Interface(Web) 3. Create a password and input the password into the password field. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED– We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 15 Figure 2-4 SADP Interface 3. Create a password and input the password in the password field, and confirm the password. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED– We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 16 Figure 2-5 Modify the IP Address 6. Input the password and click the Save button to activate your IP address modification. Activation via Client Software The client software is versatile video management software for multiple kinds of devices. Get the client software from the supplied disk or the official website, and install the software according to the prompts. Follow the steps to activate the camera. Steps: 1.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 17 Figure 2-6 Control Panel 2. Click the Device Management icon to enter the Device Management interface, as shown in the figure below. Figure 2-7 Device Management Interface 3. Check the device status from the device list, and select an inactive device. 4. Click the Activate button to pop up the Activation interface. 5. Create a password and input the password in the password field, and confirm the password.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 18 6. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED– We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product. And we recommend you reset your password regularly, especially in the high security system, resetting the password monthly or weekly can better protect your product.
19 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 2.2 Setting the Network PTZ Camera over the WAN Purpose: This section explains how to connect the network PTZ camera to the WAN with a static IP or a dynamic IP. 2.2.1 Static IP Connection Before you start: Please apply a static IP from an ISP (Internet Service Provider). With the static IP address, you can connect the network PTZ camera via a router or connect it to the WAN directly. Connecting the network PTZ camera via a router Steps: 1.
20 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Network Cable Internet Network Cable Speed Dome PC Figure 2-11 Accessing the PTZ Camera with Static IP Directly 2.2.2 Dynamic IP Connection Before you start: Please apply a dynamic IP from an ISP. With the dynamic IP address, you can connect the network PTZ camera to a modem or a router. Connecting the network PTZ camera via a router Steps: 1. Connect the network PTZ camera to the router. 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 21 This PTZ camera supports the PPPoE auto dial-up function. The PTZ camera gets a public IP address by ADSL dial-up after the PTZ camera is connected to a modem. You need to configure the PPPoE parameters of the network PTZ camera. Refer to Section 7.3.3 Configuring PPPoE Settings for detailed configuration.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 22 Figure 2-14 Private Domain Name Resolution Steps: 1. Install and run the IP Server software in a computer with a static IP. 2. Access the network PTZ camera through the LAN with a web browser or the client software. 3. Enable DDNS and select IP Server as the protocol type. Refer to Section 7.3.4 Configuring DDNS Settings for detailed configuration.
23 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Chapter 3 Access to the Network PTZ Camera 3.1 Accessing by Web Browsers Steps: 1. Open the web browser. 2. In the address field, input the IP address of the network PTZ camera, e.g., 192.168.1.64 and press the Enter key to enter the login interface. 3. Activate the speed dome for the first time using, refer to the section 2.1.2 Activating the Speed Dome. 4. Select English as the interface language on the top-right of login interface. 5.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Figure 3-2 Download and Install Plug-in Figure 3-3 Install Plug-in (1) Figure 3-4 Install Plug-in (2) © Hikvision 24
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 25 Figure 3-5 Install Plug-in (3) You may have to close the web browser to install the plug-in. Please reopen the web browser and log in again after installing the plug-in. 3.2 Accessing by Client Software The product CD contains the client software. You can view the live video and manage the PTZ camera with the client software. Follow the installation prompts to install the client software and WinPcap.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 26 Figure 3-7 iVMS-4200 Live View Interface If you use third party VMS software, please contact technical support of our branch for camera firmware. For detailed information about client software of our company, please refer to the user manual of the software. This manual mainly introduces accessing to the network PTZ camera by web browser.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 27 Chapter 4 Wi-Fi Settings Purpose: By connecting to the wireless network, you don’t need to use cable of any kind for network connection, which is very convenient for the actual surveillance application. This chapter is only applicable for the PTZ camera with the built-in Wi-Fi module. 4.1 Configuring Wi-Fi Connection in Manage and Ad-hoc Modes Before you start: A wireless network must be configured. Wireless Connection in Manage Mode Steps: 1.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 28 mode of the network is automatically shown when you select the wireless network, please do not change it manually. These parameters are exactly identical with those of the router. 5. Enter the key to connect the wireless network. The key should be that of the wireless network connection you set on the router. Wireless Connection in Ad-hoc Mode If you choose the Ad-hoc mode, you don’t need to connect the wireless camera via a router.
29 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera You can choose the Security Mode as not-encrypted, WEP, WPA-personal, WPA-enterprise, WPA2-personal, and WPA2-enterprise. WEP Mode: Figure 4-6 WEP Mode Authentication: Select Open or Shared Key System Authentication, depending on the method used by your access point. Not all access points have this option, in which case they probably use Open System, which is sometimes known as SSID Authentication.
30 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera point; EAP-TLS, EAP-PEAP or EAP-TTLS. EAP-TLS: Figure 4-8 EAP-TLS Identity / User Name - Enter the user ID to present to the network. Private key password / Password – Enter the password for your user ID. EAPOL version - Select the version used (1 or 2) in your access point. CA Certificates - Upload a CA certificate to present to the access point for authentication.
31 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product. 4.2 Easy Wi-Fi Connection with WPS function Purpose: The setting of the wireless network connection is never easy. To avoid the complex setting of the wireless connection you can enable the WPS function.
32 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 3. Check on the Wi-Fi router to see if there is a WPS button. If yes push the button and you can see the indicator near the button start flashing, which means the WPS function of the router is enabled. For detailed operation, please see the user guide of the router. 4. Push the WPS button to enable the function on the camera. If there is not a WPS button on the camera, you can also click the virtual button to enable the PBC function on the web interface. 5.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 33 you connect the wireless network you can change the default IP. Steps: 1. Enter the TCP/IP configuration interface. Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Network> TCP/IP Or Configuration> Basic Configuration> Network> TCP/IP Figure 4-11 TCP/IP Settings 2. Select the NIC as wlan. 3. Customize the IPv4 address, the IPv4 Subnet Mask and the Default Gateway. The setting procedure is the same with that of LAN.
34 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Chapter 5 Live View In this and the following chapters, operation of the PTZ camera by the web browser will be taken as an example. 5.1 Power-up Action After the power is applied, the PTZ camera will perform self-test actions. It begins with lens actions and then pan and tilt movement. 5.2 Live View Page Purpose: The live video page allows you to view live video, capture images, realize PTZ control, set/call presets and configure video parameters.
35 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Preset: Set and call the preset for the PTZ camera. Live View Parameters: Configure the image size and stream type of the live video. 5.3 Starting Live View In the live view window as shown in Figure 5-2, click on the toolbar to start the live view of the PTZ camera.
36 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Full-screen Mode: You can double-click on the live video to switch the current live view into full-screen or return to normal mode from the full-screen. 3D Positioning: Steps: 1. Click on the toolbar of live view interface. 2. Operate the 3D positioning function: Left click a position of the live video. The corresponding position will be moved to the center of the live video.
37 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 5.5 Operating PTZ Control Purpose: In the live view interface, you can use the PTZ control buttons to control panning, tilting and zooming. 5.5.1 PTZ Control Panel On the live view page, click to show the PTZ control panel or click hide it. Click the direction buttons to control the pan/tilt movements. Click the zoom/iris/focus buttons to realize lens control.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 38 Figure 5-4 Setting a Preset 2. Use the PTZ control buttons to move the lens to the desired position. Pan the PTZ camera to the right or left. Tilt the PTZ camera up or down. Zoom in or out. Refocus the lens. 3. Click to finish the setting of the current preset. 4. You can click to delete the preset. You can configure up to 300 presets. Calling a Preset: In the PTZ control panel, select a defined preset from the list and click preset.
39 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 2. Click the preset number you need on the keyboard. The following presets are predefined with special commands. You can only call them but not configure them. For instance, preset 94 is the “Remote reboot”. If you call the preset 94, the PTZ camera will reboot remotely.
40 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Chapter 6 PTZ Configuration 6.1 Configuring Initial Position Purpose: The initial position is the origin of PTZ coordinates. It can be the factory default initial position. You can also customize the initial position according to your own demand. Customize an Initial Position: Steps: 1. Enter the Initial Position Configuration interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > PTZ > Initial Position Figure 6-1 PTZ Configuration 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 41 6.2 Configuring Basic PTZ Parameters Purpose: You can configure the basic PTZ parameters, including proportional pan, preset freezing, preset speed, etc. 1. Enter the Basic PTZ Parameter Configuration interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > PTZ > Basic Figure 6-2 Basic PTZ Configuration Interface 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 42 application scene of the speed dome is complicated. PTZ OSD: Set the on-screen display duration of the PTZ status. Zoom Status: Set the OSD duration of zooming status as 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, Always Close or Always Open. PT Status: Set the azimuth angle display duration while panning and tilting as 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, Always Close or Always Open.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 43 Stops. When manual limit stops are set, you can operate the PTZ control panel manually only in the limited surveillance area. 3. Click the PTZ control buttons to find the left/right/up/down limit stops; you can also call the defined presets and set them as the limits of the PTZ camera. 4. Click Set to save the limits or click Clear to clear the limits. 6.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 44 Figure 6-5 Edit the Schedule and Task Type (2) Choose the day you want to set the task schedule. (3) Click All Day to set the schedule as all day; or click Customize and input the Start Time and End Time for each task, and click Enter on your keyboard to enter the time. (4) Choose the task type from the drop-down list. You can choose preset, etc.. The valid task types may vary according to different camera models.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 45 This feature allows the PTZ camera to start a predefined park action (e.g. preset) automatically after a period of inactivity (park time). Scheduled Tasks function is prior to Park Action function. When these two functions are set at the same time, only the Scheduled Tasks function takes effect. Steps: 1. Enter the Park Action Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> PTZ > Park Action Figure 6-6 Set the Park Action 2.
46 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Figure 6-7 Draw the Privacy Mask 2. 3. 4. Click the PTZ control buttons to find the area you want to set the privacy mask. Click ; click and drag the mouse in the live video window to draw the area. Click to save the privacy mask, and it will be listed in the Privacy Mask List area; you can select a mask and click to delete it from the list. The color of the mask is set as blue by default, cannot be configured. Figure 6-8 Privacy Mask List 5.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 47 The PTZ camera can be controlled by network and RS-485 signals. You can set the control priority of these two signals. The operation of Operator is prior to that of User. When the Operator is controlling the PTZ camera, the User cannot control it. When the Operator finishes, the User can control the PTZ camera after the Delay time. The Delay time can be set in Priority PTZ interface as shown follows. Figure 6-9 PTZ Priority 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 48 Chapter 7 PTZ Camera Configuration 7.1 Configuring Local Parameters The local configuration refers to the parameters of the live view and other operations using the web browser. Steps: 1. Enter the Local Configuration interface: Configuration > Local Configuration Figure 7-1 Local Configuration Interface 2. Configure the following settings: Live View Parameters: Set the protocol type, stream type, image size and live view performance.
49 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Live View Performance: Set the live view performance to Shortest Delay, or Auto. Rules: You can enable or disable the rules of dynamic analysis for motion here. Image Format: The captured pictures can be saved as different format. JPEG and BMP are available. Record File Settings: Set the saving path of the video files. Record File Size: Select the packed size of manually recorded and downloaded video files. The size can be set to 256M, 512M or 1G.
50 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration > System > Time Settings Figure 7-2 Time Settings Configuring Time Synchronization by NTP Server Steps: (1) Check the radio button to enable the NTP function. (2) Configure the following settings: Server Address: IP address of NTP server. NTP Port: Port of NTP server. Interval: The time interval between the two synchronizing actions by NTP server. It can be set from 1 to 10080 minutes.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 51 Configuring Time Synchronization Manually Steps: (1) Check the Manual Time Sync radio button. (2) Click to set the system time from the pop-up calendar. (3) Click to save the settings. You can also check the Sync. with computer time checkbox to synchronize the time of the PTZ camera with the time of your computer.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 52 (3) Set the date of the DST period. (4) Click to save the settings. Figure 7-6 DST Settings 7.3 Configuring Network Settings 7.3.1 Configuring TCP/IP Settings Purpose: TCP/IP settings must be properly configured before you operate the PTZ camera over network. IPv4 and IPv6 are both supported. Steps: 1. Enter TCP/IP Settings interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration > Network > TCP/IP Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > TCP/IP 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 53 Figure 7-7 TCP/IP Settings 3. Configure the NIC settings, including the IPv4(IPv6) Address, IPv4(IPv6) Subnet Mask and IPv4(IPv6) Default Gateway. 4. Click to save the above settings. If the DHCP server is available, you can check to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server. If the IP address is set manually, you can click to check whether the IP address is already used to prevent the IP address confliction.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 54 Figure 7-8 DNS Server Settings The router must support the route advertisement function if you select Route Advertisement as the IPv6 mode. 7.3.2 Configuring Port Settings Purpose: If there is a router and you want to access the PTZ camera through Wide Area Network (WAN), you need to forward the 3 ports for the PTZ camera. Steps: 1.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 55 Steps: 1. Enter the PPPoE Settings interface: Configuration >Advanced Configuration > Network > PPPoE Figure 7-10 PPPoE Settings 2. Check the Enable PPPoE checkbox to enable this feature. 3. Enter User Name, Password, and Confirm password for PPPoE access. The User Name and Password should be assigned by your ISP.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 56 Steps: 1. Enter the DDNS Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > DDNS Figure 7-11 DDNS Settings 2. Check the Enable DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. 3. Select DDNS Type. Three DDNS types are selectable: IPServer, HiDDNS, NO-IP and DynDNS. DynDNS: Steps: (1) Enter Server Address of DynDNS (e.g. members.dyndns.org). (2) In the Domain text field, enter the domain name obtained from the DynDNS website.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 57 Figure 7-13 IPServer Settings HiDDNS: Steps: (1) Enter the Server Address: www.hik-online.com. (2) Enter the Domain name of the camera. The domain is the same with the device alias in the HiDDNS server. (3) Click to save the settings. Figure 7-14 HiDDNS Settings NO-IP: Steps: (1) Enter Server Address of NO-IP. (2) In the Domain text field, enter the domain name obtained from the NO-IP website. (3) Enter the Port of NO-IP server.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 58 The SNMP version you select should be the same as that of the SNMP software. Steps: 1. Enter the SNMP Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > SNMP Figure 7-15 SNMP Settings 2. Check the corresponding version checkbox (Enable SNMP v1, Enable SNMP v2c, Enable SNMP v3) to enable the feature. 3. Configure the SNMP settings. The configuration of the SNMP software should be the same as the settings you configure here. 4.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 59 7.3.6 Configuring QoS Settings Purpose: QoS (Quality of Service) can help solve the network delay and network congestion by configuring the priority of data sending. Steps: 1. Enter the QoS Settings interface: Configuration >Advanced Configuration > Network > QoS Figure 7-16 QoS Settings 2. Configure the QoS settings, including video / audio DSCP, event / alarm DSCP and Management DSCP. The valid DSCP value ranges from 0 to 63.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 60 Figure 7-17 FTP Settings 2. Configure the FTP settings, including server address, port, user name, password, directory and upload type. For your privacy and to better protect your system against security risks, we strongly recommend the use of strong passwords for all functions and network devices.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 3. Click 61 to save the settings. If you want to upload the captured pictures to FTP server, you also have to enable the continuous snapshot or event-triggered snapshot in Snapshot interface. For detailed information, please refer to the Section 8.4 Configuring Snapshot Settings. 7.3.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 62 And you can customize the value of the port No. by yourself. Figure 7-21 Configure the Port No. 2. Click to save the settings. 7.3.10 Configuring Email Settings Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated receivers if an alarm event is detected, e.g., motion detection event, video loss, tamper-proof, etc.
63 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Figure 7-22 Email Settings 2. Configure the following settings: Sender: The name of the email sender. Sender’s Address: The email address of the sender. SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com). SMTP Port: The SMTP port. The default TCP/IP port for SMTP is 25. Enable SSL: Check the checkbox to enable SSL if it is required by the SMTP server.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 64 For your privacy and to better protect your system against security risks, we strongly recommend the use of strong passwords for all functions and network devices. The password should be something of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product. 3. Click to save the settings. 7.3.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 65 OPTION 1: Create the self-signed certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the following dialog box. Figure 7-24 Create Self-signed Certificate 2) Enter the country, host name/IP, validity and other information. 3) Click OK to save the settings. OPTION 2: Create the authorized certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the certificate request, and fulfill the required information.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 66 EZVIZ Cloud P2P provides the mobile phone application and as well the service platform page to access and manage your connected NVR, which enables you to get a convenient remote access to the surveillance system. Steps: 1. Enter the Platform Access configuration interface. Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > Platform Access 2. Check the checkbox of the Enable. 3. Select the Platform Type as the EZVIZ Cloud P2P in the dropdown list. 4.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 67 7.4 Configuring Video and Audio Settings 7.4.1 Configuring Video Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Video Settings interface: Configuration >Basic Configuration > Video / Audio > Video Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Video / Audio > Video Figure 7-26 Configure Video Settings 2. Select the Stream Type of the PTZ camera to main stream (normal) or sub-stream.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 68 quality throughout. Max. Bitrate: Set the max. bitrate to 32~16384 Kbps. The higher value corresponds to the higher video quality, and the higher bandwidth is required as well. Video Encoding: The Video Encoding standard can be set to H.264 or MJPEG. I Frame Interval: Set the I-Frame interval from 1 to 400. SVC: SVC is a video encoding technology.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 69 need to set this option to MicIn. Input Volume: Slid the bar to turn up/down the volume. The value ranges from 0 to 100. Environmental Noise Filter: When the monitoring environment is very noisy, you can enable this function to reduce part of the noise. 3. Click to save the settings. 7.4.3 Configuring ROI Settings Before you start: ROI (Region of Interest) encoding is used to enhance the quality of images which are specified in advance.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 70 1. Select a Region No.. 2. Check the check box of Enable under Fixed Region. 3. Click and draw a red frame in the live view image. 4. Adjust the ROI level from 1 to 6. The higher the value, the better image quality in the red frame. 5. Enter a Region Name and click Save to save the settings. 7.5 Configuring Image Settings 7.5.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 71 Figure 7-29 Display Settings Image Adjustment Brightness This feature is used to adjust brightness of the image. The value ranges from 0 to 100. Contrast This feature enhances the difference in color and light between parts of an image. The value ranges from 0 to 100. Saturation This feature is used to adjust color saturation of the image. The value ranges from 0 to 100.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 72 brightness of the environment. Manual: In Manual mode, you can adjust the values of Gain, Shutter, Iris manually. This function varies depending on the models of PTZ camera. Limit Gain This feature is used to adjust gain of the image. The value ranges from 0 to 100. Slow Shutter This function can be used in underexposure condition. It lengthens the shutter time to ensure full exposure.
73 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera turned on/off according to the illumination. Brightness Limit The image brightness is adjusted automatically, you can specify the brightness limit on your demand. Backlight Settings BLC If there’s a bright backlight, the subject in front of the backlight appears silhouetted or dark. Enabling BLC(back light compensation) function can correct the exposure of the subject. But the backlight environment is washed out to white.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 74 Figure 7-33 Manual White Balance Outdoor You can select this mode when the PTZ camera is installed in outdoor environment. Indoor You can select this mode when the PTZ camera is installed in indoor environment. Fluorescent Lamp You can select this mode when there are fluorescent lamps installed near the PTZ camera. Sodium Lamp You can select this mode when there are sodium lamps installed near the PTZ camera.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 75 You can set the Video Standard to 50hz(PAL) or 60hz(NTSC) according to the video system in your country. This function varies depending on the models of PTZ camera. Other Zoom Limit You can set Zoom Limit value to limit the maximum value of zooming. The value can be set to 3, 6, 12, 24 and 48. This function varies depending on the models of PTZ camera. 7.5.
76 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera date or week if required. 3. (Optional) If you choose to enable the Display name, and then edit the PTZ camera name in the text field of Camera Name. 4. Select from the drop-down list to set the time format, date format and display mode. 5. You can use the mouse to click and drag the text frame in the live view window to adjust the OSD position. Figure 7-36 Adjust OSD Location 6.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 5. Click 77 . There are up to 4 text overlays configurable. Figure 7-37 Text Overlay Settings 7.6 Configuring and Handling Alarms Purpose: This section explains how to configure the network PTZ camera to respond to alarm events, including motion detection, external alarm input, video loss, tamper-proof and exception. These events can trigger the alarm actions, such as Notify Surveillance Center, Send Email, Trigger Alarm Output, etc.
78 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera detected object get marked with rectangle in the live view. 3. Select the configuration mode as Normal or Expert and set the corresponding motion detection parameters. Normal Figure 7-38 Motion Detection Settings-Normal Steps: (1) Click . Click and drag the mouse on the live video image to draw a motion detection area. (2) Click to finish drawing. • You can draw up to 8 motion detection areas on the same image. • You can click (3) Move the slider detection.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 79 Figure 7-39 Motion Detection Settings-Expert Steps: (1) Set the Day&Night switch mode, there are OFF, Auto-Switch and Scheduled-Switch selectable. If the Day&Night switch mode is enabled, you can configure the detection rule for the day and night separately. OFF: Disable the day and night switch. Auto-Switch: Switch the day and night mode according to the illumination automatically. Scheduled-Switch: Switch to the day mode at 6:00 a.m.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 80 Figure 7-40 Arming Schedule (2) Choose the day you want to set the arming schedule as shown in Figure 7-41. Figure 7-41 Arming Time Schedule (3) Click to set the time period for the arming schedule. (4) (Optional) After you set the arming schedule, you can click the schedule to other days. (5) Click to save the settings. to copy The time of each period cannot be overlapped. Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. 5.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 81 contents are about how to configure the different types of linkage method. Figure 7-42 Linkage Method Check the checkbox to select the linkage method. Notify surveillance center, send email, upload to FTP, trigger channel and trigger alarm output are selectable. Notify Surveillance Center Send an exception or alarm signal to remote management software when an event occurs.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 82 7.6.2 Configuring Video Tampering Alarm Purpose: You can configure the PTZ camera to trigger the alarm actions when the lens is covered. Steps: 1. Enter the video tampering Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Events > Video Tampering Figure 7-43 Tampering Alarm 2. Check Enable Video Tampering checkbox to enable the tampering detection. 3. Set the tampering area. Refer to Step 1 in Section 7.6.1 Configuring Motion Detection. 4.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 83 7.6.3 Configuring External Alarm Input Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Input Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Alarm Input: 2. Choose the alarm input No. and the Alarm Type. The alarm type can be NO (Normally Open) and NC (Normally Closed). 3. Edit the name in to set a name for the alarm input (optional). Figure 7-44 Alarm Input Settings 4. Click to set the arming schedule for the alarm input. Refer to Step 2 in Section 7.6.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 84 Figure 7-45 Linkage Method 7.6.4 Configuring Alarm Output Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Output Settings interface: Configuration>Advanced Configuration> Events > Alarm Output 2. Select one alarm output channel in the Alarm Output drop-down list. 3. Set a name in for the alarm output (optional). 4. The Delay time can be set to 5sec, 10sec, 30sec, 1min, 2min, 5min, 10min or Manual.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 85 Figure 7-46 Alarm Output Settings 6. You can copy the settings to other alarm outputs. 7. Click to save the settings. 7.6.5 Handling Exception The exception type can be HDD full, HDD error, network disconnected, IP address conflicted and illegal login to the PTZ camera. Steps: 1. Enter the Exception Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Exception 2. Check the checkbox to set the actions taken for the Exception alarm.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 86 7.6.6 Detecting Audio Exception Purpose: When you enable this function and audio exception occurs, the alarm actions will be triggered. Steps: 1. Enter the video audio exception detection interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Events > Audio Exception Detection Figure 7-48 Audio Exception Detection 2. Check the checkbox of Audio Input Exception to enable the audio input exception detection. 3.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 7. Click 87 to save the settings. 7.6.7 Configuring Dual-VCA Purpose: Enable the VCA function and then the information of the objects (e.g. human, vehicle, etc.) will be marked in the video stream and you can set rules on the connected back-end device to detect the events including line crossing, intrusion, etc.. Steps: 1. Enter the Dual-VCA function configuration interface. Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Video/Audio> Display Info. on Stream 2.
88 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Figure 7-49 Configuring Intrusion Area 3. The event triggered and park action related PTZ movement will be locked for 180 seconds after you enter the intrusion detection interface. Optionally, you can click the button to manually activate the movement, or lock the movement when the button turns to by clicking it. 4. Draw area. (1) Select the Region No.in dropdown list. (2) Click to draw a rectangle on the image as a defense region.
89 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera configuration is the same as the setting of the arming schedule for motion detection. Refer to Step 2 in Section 7.6.1 Configuring Motion Detection. 7. Check the checkbox to select the linkage method taken for the intrusion detection. Notify surveillance center, send email, trigger channel, smart tracking and trigger alarm output are selectable. Please refer to Step 3 in Section 7.6.1 Configuring Motion Detection. 8. Click to save the settings. 7.6.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 90 Figure 7-50 Configuring Line 4. Draw area. (1) Select the Line No.in dropdown list. (2) Click to draw a plane on the image. (3) Click the line to switch to the editing mode. Click and drag an end to the desired place to adjust the length and angle of the plane. And click and on the line to adjust the location. Up to 4 lines are supported. 5. Configure the parameters for each defense region separately.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 91 Detection. 7. Check the checkbox to select the linkage method taken for the line crossing detection. Notify surveillance center, send email, upload to FTP, trigger channel, and trigger alarm output are selectable. Please refer to Step 3 in Section 7.6.1 Configuring Motion Detection. 8. Click to save the settings.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 92 Chapter 8 Record Settings Before you start: To configure record settings, please make sure that you have the network storage device within the network or the storage card has been inserted in the corresponding card slot. Refer to the installation guide for the location of the storage card slot. 8.1 Configuring NAS Settings Before you start: The network disk should be available within the network and properly configured to store the recorded files, log files, etc.
93 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera For your privacy and to better protect your system against security risks, we strongly recommend the use of strong passwords for all functions and network devices. The password should be something of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product. 8.2 Initializing and Configuring Storage Steps: 1.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 94 Figure 8-6 Setting Quota 8.3 Configuring Recording Schedule Before you start: Please make sure a local storage card is inserted in the PTZ camera or the network storage is added to the PTZ camera, and is initialized. Purpose: There are two kinds of recording for the PTZ camera: manual recording and scheduled recording. For the manual recording, refer to Section 5.4 Recording and Capturing Pictures Manually.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 95 Figure 8-7 Recording Schedule Interface 2. Check the checkbox of Enable Record Schedule to enable scheduled recording. 3. Set the record parameters of the PTZ camera. Figure 8-8 Record Parameters Pre-record: The time you set to start recording before the scheduled time or the event. For example, if an alarm triggers recording at 10:00, and the pre-record time is set as 5 seconds, the PTZ camera starts to record at 9:59:55.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 96 The Pre-record and Post-record parameters vary depending on the PTZ camera model. Overwrite: If you enable this function and the HDD is full, the new record files overwrite the oldest record files automatically. Recording Stream: You can select the stream type for recording; Main stream and Sub Stream are selectable. If you select the sub stream, you can record for a longer time with the same storage capacity. 4. Click to edit the record schedule.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 97 If you select Motion Detection, the video will be recorded when the motion is detected. Besides configuring the recording schedule, you have to set the motion detection area and check the checkbox of Trigger Channel in the Linkage Method of Motion Detection Settings interface. For detailed information, please refer to the Step 1 in the Section 7.6.1 Configuring Motion Detection.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 98 If you select All Events, the video will be recorded when any event is detected. (3) Check the checkbox and click to copy settings of this day to the whole week. You can also check any of the checkboxes before the date and click . (4) Click to save the settings and exit the Edit Record Schedule interface. 6. Click to save the settings. 8.4 Configuring Snapshot Settings Purpose: You can configure the scheduled snapshot and event-triggered snapshot.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 99 Figure 8-10 Snapshot Settings 2. Check the Enable Timing Snapshot checkbox to enable continuous snapshot, and configure the schedule of timing snapshot. Check the Enable Event-triggered Snapshot checkbox to enable event-triggered snapshot. 3. Select the quality of the snapshot. 4. Set the time interval between two snapshots. 5. Click to save the settings. Uploading to FTP Please make sure that the FTP server is online.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 100 Settings interface. Please refer to Section 7.3.7 Configuring FTP Settings for more details to configure FTP parameters. Upload event-triggered snapshots to FTP Steps: 1) Check the Enable Event-triggered Snapshot checkbox. 2) Configure the FTP settings and check checkbox in FTP Settings interface. Please refer to Section 7.3.7 Configuring FTP Settings for more details to configure FTP parameters.
101 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Chapter 9 Playback Purpose: This section explains how to view the remotely recorded video files stored in the network disks. Task 1: To play back the video files Steps: 1. Click on the menu bar to enter playback interface. Figure 9-1 Playback Interface 2. Select the date and click . Figure 9-2 Search Video 3. Click to play the video files found on this date.
102 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera The toolbar on the bottom of Playback interface can be used to control playing process.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 103 types as shown in Figure 9-6. Figure 9-6 Video Types Task 2: To download the video files Steps: 1. Click on the playback interface. The pop-up menu is shown in Figure 9-7. 2. Set the start time and end time. Click Search. The corresponding video files are listed on the left. Figure 9-7 Video Downloading interface 3. Check the checkbox in front of the video files that you need to download. 4. Click to download the video files.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 5. Click to download the files.
105 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Chapter 10 Log Searching Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the PTZ camera can be stored in log files. You can also export the log files on your demand. Before you start: Please configure network storage for the PTZ camera or insert a SD card in the PTZ camera. Steps: 1. Click on the menu bar to enter log searching interface. Figure 10-1 Log Searching Interface 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 106 Chapter 11 Others 11.1 Managing User Accounts Enter the User Management interface: Configuration >Basic Configuration> Security > User Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Security > User The admin user has access to create, edit or delete other accounts. Up to 32 user accounts can be created. Figure 11-1 User Information 11.1.1 Add a User Steps: 1. Click to add a user. 2. Input the new User Name, select Level and input Password.
107 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Figure 11-2 Add a User 11.1.2 Modify a User Steps: 1. Click to select the user from the list and click . 2. Modify the User Name, Level or Password. 3. In the Basic Permission field and Camera Configuration field, you can check or uncheck the permissions. 4. Click to finish the user modification. For your privacy and to better protect your system against security risks, we strongly recommend the use of strong passwords for all functions and network devices.
108 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Figure 11-3 Modify a User 11.1.3 Delete a User Steps: 1. Click the user name you want to delete and click 2. Click . on the pop-up confirmation box to delete the user. 11.2 Configuring RTSP Authentication Purpose: You can specifically secure the stream data of live view. Steps: 1. Enter the RTSP Authentication interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Security > Authentication 2. Set the authentication mode for each authentication type.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 109 11.3 Configuring Anonymous Visit Enabling this function allows visit for whom doesn’t have the user name and password of the device. Only live view is available for the anonymous user. Steps: 1. Enter the Anonymous Visit interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Security > Anonymous Visit Figure 11-4 Anonymous Visit 2. Set the Anonymous Visit permission Enable or Disable in the drop-down list to enable or disable the anonymous visit. 3.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Filter Type Allowed 110 Description Allow only the IP addresses added in the IP Address Filter interface to log in. Figure 11-6 IP Address Filter 11.5 Configuring Security Service Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Security Service interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Security > Security Service 2. Check the checkbox to enable the SSH function.
111 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Figure 11-7 Device Information 11.7 Maintenance 11.7.4 Rebooting the PTZ camera Steps: 1. Enter the Maintenance interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration> System > Maintenance Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance: 2. Click to reboot the network PTZ camera. Figure 11-8 Reboot the Device 11.7.5 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Clicking 112 restores all the parameters to default settings including the IP address and user information. Please use this button with caution. Figure 11-9 Restore Default Settings 11.7.6 Importing/Exporting Configuration File Steps: 1. Enter the Maintenance interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration> System > Maintenance Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance 2.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 113 Configuration > Basic Configuration> System > Maintenance Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance 2. Select Firmware or Firmware Directory. Firmware: when you select Firmware, you need to find the firmware in your computer to upgrade the device. Firmware Directory: You need to find the directory where the firmware locates. The device can find the firmware in the directory automatically. 3.
114 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 2. Set the RS-485 parameters and click to save the settings. The Baud Rate, PTZ Protocol and PTZ Address parameters of the PTZ camera should be exactly the same as those of the control device. 11.9 Configuring Remote Connection Steps: 1. Enter the interface of configuring the remote connection: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> System > Service 2. Input a number in text field as the upper limit of the remote connection number. E.g.
115 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Appendix Appendix 1 SADP Software Introduction Description of SADP SADP (Search Active Devices Protocol) is a kind of user-friendly and installation-free online device search tool. It searches the active online devices within your subnet and displays the information of the devices. You can also modify the basic network information of the devices using this software.
116 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera newly searched devices will be added to the list. You can click you can click or on each column heading to order the information; to expand the device table and hide the network parameter panel on the right side, or click to show the network parameter panel. Modify network parameters Steps: 1.
User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 117 Appendix 2 Port Mapping The following settings are for TP-LINK router (TL-R410). The settings vary depending on different models of routers. Steps: 1. Select the WAN Connection Type, as shown below: Figure A-3 Select the WAN Connection Type 2. Set the LAN parameters of the router as in the following figure, including IP address and subnet mask settings. Figure A-4 Set the LAN parameters 3. Set the port mapping in the virtual severs of Forwarding.
118 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 8201~8211 and 555 with IP 192.168.1.24. Refer to the steps below: Steps: 1. As the settings mentioned above, forward the port 80, 8000, 8200~8210 and 554 for the network PTZ camera at 192.168.1.23 2. Forward the port 81, 8001, 8201~8211 and 555 for the network PTZ camera at 192.168.1.24. 3. Enable ALL or TCP protocols. 4. Check the Enable checkbox and click . Figure A-5 Port Mapping The port of the network PTZ camera cannot conflict with other ports.
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User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera 120 Appendix 3 Bubble Maintenance The bubble is a transparent plastic. The dust, oil and finger print, etc. will cause scratch or image blur. Please refer to the following method to clean the bubble. Handling dust Use oil free soft brush or blowing dust ball to clean the dust. Handling oil Steps: 1. Wipe off the water-drop or oil by soft cloth and dry the bubble. 2. Use oil free cotton cloth to wipe the bubble with alcohol or detergent. 3.
121 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Appendix 4 12VDC Wire Gauge & Transmission Distance The following table describes the recommended max. distance adopted for the certain wire gauge when the loss rate of 12VDC voltage is less than 15%. For the DC driven device, the maximum voltage loss rate is 15% allowable. Wire Gauge 0.800(20) 1.000(18) 1.250 (16) 2.000(12) (mm) Distance (feet) Power (va) 10 97(28) 49(14) 41(12) 32(9) 24(7) 20(6) 19(6) 16(5) 14(4) 12(3) 10.8(3.1) 9.7(2.8) 8.9(2.5) 8.1(2.3) 7.
122 User Manual of Network Mini PTZ Camera Appendix 6 Alarm In/Out Connections This section is only for the PTZ cameras with alarm in/out functions. The PTZ camera can be connected with alarm inputs (0~5VDC) and alarm outputs.
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