Software Guide XX263-00-00 V9360 Series Network Hemispheric Camera Vicon Industries Inc., 89 Arkay Drive, Hauppauge, New York 11788 Tel: 631-952-2288 Fax: 631-951-2288 Toll Free: 800-645-9116 24-Hour Technical Support: 800-34-VICON (800-348-4266) UK: 44/(0) 1489-566300 Vicon Industries Inc. does not warrant that the functions contained in this equipment will meet your requirements or that the operation will be entirely error free or perform precisely as described in the documentation.
Firmware User’s Manual Table of Contents 1. Recommended PC Specification 4 2. Preparation before setup 5 Connect to device and setup IP....................................................... 5 Sample screenshots to setup IP of your PC (Win XP) ................... 7 3. Configuring the IP device 11 Login ................................................................................................ 11 Live view .......................................................................................
Firmware User’s Manual Image ........................................................................................... 44 Day/Night ..................................................................................... 45 White Balance .............................................................................. 46 Audio ............................................................................................ 47 OSD/Privacy Mask .......................................................................
Firmware User’s Manual 1. Recommended PC Specification CPU Intel® Core™2Duo 2.13GHz and above Memory 2 GB or above Windows® XP with SP2 or above/Windows Vista/Windows Operating System 2003/Windows 7/Windows 2008 Internet Explorer® 8.0/Internet Explorer 9.
Firmware User’s Manual 2. Preparation before setup Connect to device and setup IP The V9360 IP device is accessed through Internet Explorer. The IP address for your PC must be within the same subnet as the IP device. You need to match the TCP/IP settings between PC and IP device before you can access it via Internet Explorer. There are two ways to add devices to the network. With DHCP server/router: A DHCP server assigns IP addresses to devices automatically.
Firmware User’s Manual 5. After logging in, the video from IP device will display. To go to the main menu, click the Setup button on the top left. 6. Go to IP settings -> Connection Type. Change the IP mode to Static and the IP address to 192.168.0.101 or any other unused IP (avoid 192.168.0.100, the IPs of your PCs and other devices already in network.). Click Apply and then click System -> Save & Reboot. 7. Internet Explorer will close after a few seconds. This is normal. 8.
Firmware User’s Manual Sample Screenshots to Setup IP of PC (Windows XP) The procedures below show how to setup your IP on Windows XP. If you are using operating system other than Windows XP, refer to the OS manuals for proper setup procedures; the procedure will be similar. STEP 1 Start up your PC. STEP 2 Click [Start] and select the Control Panel.
Firmware User’s Manual STEP 3 Double-click the Network and Internet Connections icon. STEP 4 Double-click the Network Connections icon.
Firmware User’s Manual STEP 5 Click Local Area Connections and then click Change settings of this connection in the Network Task menu. STEP 6 Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click Properties.
Firmware User’s Manual STEP 7 Click the Use the following IP address radio button and enter the IP address and the subnet mask. Enter the settings as below. IP address: 192.168. 0.xxx Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0 (NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100, which is used by the IP device. Also make sure that no two devices use the same IP address in the same network.) STEP 8 Click the OK button; the dialog box will close.
Firmware User’s Manual 3. Configuring the IP device This section describes how to configure the IP device. The administrator has unlimited access to all settings, while the normal user can only view live video. The IP device is configured under a standard browser (Microsoft® Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0).
Firmware User’s Manual STEP 4 Select the language of the IP device user interface. You can select from English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian and Swedish. This user interface setting will disappear once you log out; if you want to change the default user interface language, go to [Host] in the Host section under the Setup tab. STEP 5 Click the button to login or click the button to re-enter.
Firmware User’s Manual Function List Function Full Screen Description Click the icon to stretch the preview to full screen. You can click Esc button on the keyboard to return to previous display. Snapshot Click the icon “ ” to take a snapshot. The snapshot picture will be saved to the default folder “C:\Users\”account name”\Picture” in the format of YYYYMMDD_HH_mm_ss.jpg. Audio out Click the icon to enable the audio out from PC to IP camera or video server.
Firmware User’s Manual Network Status indicates the network state. If the light on the right is green, the network is OK. If the light is gray, the network is broken. The light on the left is not used. Live view from camera is displayed here. The title bar shows the Live View time and date. To setup this IP camera/video server, click [Setup] tab to switch to Setup page.
Firmware User’s Manual Zoom Lens Control Panel When Stream Mode is set to ePTZ, this screen is available by clicking on the PTZ button in the Live View screen. Change the current zoom ratio by clicking on the Stepped Zooming button. Step size will determine how much each click on stepped zooming changes the zoom ratio. The view can be rotated by clicking on the rotation symbols; the amount of rotation of each click can be defined by changing the Rotation Degrees per Click field.
Firmware User’s Manual Preset Tour After the Presets are set, the Tour function will be enabled. A Preset Tour is a preconfigured PTZ sequence that directs the camera to cycle through multiple preset PTZ views, including where to look and how long to look at each location. Refer to the previous Preset section to configure the presets. Make sure the ePTZ and PTZ Preset sections are configured correctly before setting up Preset Tours. Select the tour you want to use or choose “Disable” to stop Preset Tour.
Firmware User’s Manual Setup Menu Click the Setup tab on the Live View page; the Setup page will display. The left side is devoted to the menu. There are many sections in the menu, most of them hidden for ease of navigation. The fully expanded menu is shown here to the right.
Firmware User’s Manual Host Click the [Host] item to enter Host page. Refer to the table below to see how to configure each setting. Parameters Description Enter a host name; this host name will be shown when you use the IP utility or the SDK to search for the IP device. This is the camera’s name in the Site List of ViconNet. Select the language of the default user-interface. Each user Language login will see the default user-interface first.
Firmware User’s Manual Date & Time Click the [Date & Time] item in the Setup tab to display the Date Setting page. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting. The default method is Set Manually.
Firmware User’s Manual Parameters Description Select this to enable IP device’s SNTP/NTP function. This enables this IP device to synchronize its time settings with an SNTP/NTP server. Use this function to make sure the time on all your IP devices is the same. Additionally, the embedded digital-time-code in the streaming provides an SNTP/NTP accurate event sequence. Server IP address: Enter the IP address of the SNTP/NTP server.
Firmware User’s Manual Network Section Click the [Network] item on the Setup menu to reveal the submenus. IP Address Filtering WARNING: Be very careful when using this function, as access to the camera can be lost if mistakes are made in setup. Typical errors include accidentally denying yourself access or forgetting to include your own IP address in the allowed address list. A hard reset will then need to be performed to be able to access the device again.
Firmware User’s Manual Parameters IP address filter enable Description Check this box to enable IP Address Filtering. The filter can be set in either Allow mode or Blocked mode. 1. Allow mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below. Filter Method 2. Blocked mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below. Make sure you include the Netmask when considering this option. The IP address to allow or block.
Firmware User’s Manual Port Mapping Click the [Port Mapping] item to display the Port Mapping page. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting. New settings will only take effect after a Save & Rebbot. Parameters HTTP Port Search Server Port1 Search Server Port2 Video Server Port Description Select the port assigned for HTTP protocol access Select the first port used by server search applications to detect this IP device. (e.g.
Firmware User’s Manual Streaming Server Port (TCP Only) Multicast Server Port of Media 1 Enable/disable multicast audio streaming RTSP Server Port Select the port assigned for RTSP protocol access RTP Multicast Video Select the port for the multicast video streaming of media1 via RTP protocol Port for Media1 RTP Multicast Audio Click the Select the port used by this IP device for video streaming Port for Media1 Select the port for the multicast audio streaming of media1 via RTP protocol Multicast
Firmware User’s Manual ToS Click the [ToS] (Type of Service) item to display the ToS page. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting. Parameters ToS (Type of Service) Description Select whether to add the ToS tag onto the streaming data. Streaming data with a higher priority ToS tag will be transmitted first when compared with other data. Select the ToS tag’s priority to be added onto the streaming. Select from: 1. Minimize Delay ToS Priority 2. Maximize Throughput 3.
Firmware User’s Manual UPnP TM Click the [UPnP ] item to display the UPnP page. Click checkbox TM to enable or disable the UPnP function. Edit the UPnP Friendly Name in text field. Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters. Bonjour Bonjour is a protocol developed by Apple, Inc. This protocol allows for easy searching of devices on the network. Click the checkbox to enable Bonjour and enter a Friendly Name.
Firmware User’s Manual HTTPS HTTPS creates a secure channel over an insecure network. There are two methods to create HTTPS, Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and Self-Signed Certificate. Certificate Signing Request (CSR): Uses a signed certificate issued by a trusted Certification Authority (CA). Self-Signed Certificate: Uses a certificate created and issued by the user.
Firmware User’s Manual IEEE 802.1X Check Enabled to enable IEEE 802.1x and configure settings in the screen below. EAPOL (Extensible Authentication Protocol Over LANs) provides a secure authentication mechanism and negotiates a secure private key between the client and NAS, which can then be used for a wireless encryption session. Select version 1 or 2. Enter a User Name and Password and upload any required certificates. Note that the new setting will only take effect after “Save & Reboot”.
Firmware User’s Manual Click to enable SNMP function. Select to use SNMP V1/V2 (a portion of the screen will display to enable V1 and/or V2 and to enter the Read and Write Community) or to use SNMP V3 (a portion of the screen will display to enter a Security Name and Password). Check the check box to enable traps. Enter the Destination IP address in . Enter the Trap Community used in . Select the Available trap in Click the [Apply] button (Cold Start/Warm Start/Authentication Failure).
Firmware User’s Manual RTSP Authentication RTP B2 Frame Click the [Apply] button Select Enabled from the dropdown list to enable RTSP streaming Account/Password authentication Select Enabled from the dropdown list to enable the B2 frame in RTP streaming to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters. Speed & Duplex Click the [Speed & Duplex] item in the network section to display the Speed & Duplex page. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting.
Firmware User’s Manual IP Settings Click the [IP Settings] item on the Setup menu to reveal the submenus. Connection Type Click the [Connection Type] item to display the Connection Type page. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting. Parameters Dynamic IP Address Use host name Description Click this to enable IP device’s DHCP function. It will acquire its WAN port IP address from a DHCP server within the same network. (You must have a DHCP server in order to enable this function.
Firmware User’s Manual Click this to manually enter the IP address. IP Address: Enter the WAN port IP address. Static IP Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask of WAN port. If IP address Address is changed, adjust the subnet mask accordingly. (ISP) Gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway (the router). Click this when you connect IP device directly to the xDSL modem. User Name: Enter the user name of your xDSL account. PPPoE Password: Enter the password of your xDSL account.
Firmware User’s Manual DDNS Click the [DDNS] item to display the DDNS page. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting. Parameters Description Click this to enable IP device’s DDNS function. DDNS function enables user to connect to this IP device by domain name even if its IP address is not static. Enabled Service/ Select one of the DDNS service providers from the dropdown list. Visit their website to get a DDNS service account for this IP device.
Firmware User’s Manual Video & Audio Click the [Video & Audio] item on the Setup menu to view the submenus. Camera Options This section determines how many streams are available from this device. There are six modes: Single, Dual, ePTZ, MD Preset, 6 Streams and Fisheye View. .At this time, ViconNet only supports a single stream as it is set in the camera. Different VMS support different features of the camera.
Firmware User’s Manual Type Description Physical Installation Angle Not using the 10° Hemispheric Camera Wall Mount 0 degree With 10° Hemispheric Camera Wall Mount 10 degree ePTZ Mode ePTZ mode of the hemispheric camera works in similar way as optical PTZ function in conventional PTZ camera domes. As the camera receives commands from remote client, it changes the direction of the view or zooms in or out digitally.
Firmware User’s Manual on the Goto icon button (Edit button must not be highlighted). The preset position can be changed by selecting the Edit icon. Click Delete icon to remove this preset point from camera memory. In this mode, the cursor becomes a red plus sign that can be used to pan, tilt and zoom into the image. Use ePTZ in Live View by moving the mouse over the video and clicking anywhere on the video.
Firmware User’s Manual MD Preset Mode To use MD Preset mode, presets must first be set from Live View page. This mode is not supported in ViconNet. 1. Live View PTZ Preset Use the Live View on-video controls (Mouse PTZ) to shift the region to the desired location for each preset. 2. Setup Video & Audio Motion Detection Set up the detail settings of motion detection from the Motion Detection page. 3. Motion Detection Setup Press to edit the settings.
Firmware User’s Manual motion detection. STEP 6: Set the priority of this preset to trigger the motion detection. The higher number is the higher priority. Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters. Fisheye View In Fisheye View mode, camera will provide an extremely wide angle of view for a panoramic view image, capturing a complete 360° view delivered as two 180° images. The available video resolution is 2032 x 1936.
Firmware User’s Manual Compression Single Stream Mode: Parameters Description Encoder Type Select the compression type: MPEG-4/M-JPEG/H.264 Resolution Select the video resolution of the camera from 4M (2032 x 1920), 2M 1080p (1920 x 1080), 1M 720p (1280 x 720) and VGA (640 x 480). Remember the choices depend on the stream mode. Frame Rate Select the available frame rate (fps) from the drop down menu. Constant Bit Rate: The bit rate remains constant for all conditions.
Firmware User’s Manual Dual Steam Mode: Parameters Encoder Type Resolution Frame Rate Description Select the compression type: MPEG-4 / M-JPEG / H.264 Select the video resolution of the camera from 4M (2032 x 1920), 2M 1080p (1920 x 1080), 1M 720p (1280 x 720) and VGA (640 x 480). Remember the choices depend on the stream mode. Select the available frame rate from the drop down menu. Constant Bit Rate: The bit rate remains constant in all conditions. Video quality will be better when image is still.
Firmware User’s Manual Video Max Bitrate Video Bitrate Click the This puts a hard cap on the maximum bit rate allowed in any given second of video streaming. Assigning a limited bit rate may result in a few dropped frames when the stream data overflows the allowed bit rate. Doing so will also disable Bit Rate setting below; select Unlimited to avoid this. This is the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide when using Constant Bitrate mode.
Firmware User’s Manual Motion Detection Click [Motion Detection] from the Setup page. Click the [Setup] button to edit the settings. Before clicking Setup, you will be in passive observer mode. You will see activity status and whether each motion window has motion activity, but you will not be able to change settings.
Firmware User’s Manual Video Motion Detection: STEP 1: Check the Enabled checkbox to enable motion detection STEP 2: Click the . checkbox to enable motion detection for each individual region. STEP 3: Click one region to start to edit its size and location. A red number corresponding to the number region selected will appear in the top bar of the motion area. You can click in this “Adjust Column” top area to drag motion region to the desired location.
Firmware User’s Manual Image This section concerns the general video settings. 1. Brightness: Select the Brightness value (0-100). The higher the value, the brighter the image. 2. Contrast: Select the Contrast value (0-100). The higher the value, the sharper the contrast. 3. Saturation: Select the saturation value (0-100). The higher the value, the more saturated the image. 4. Digital Noise Reduction: Select the DNR value (0-4). The higher the value, the smoother and clearer the image. 5.
Firmware User’s Manual 6. Edge Enhancement: Select the Edge Enhancement value (1-255). The higher the value, the sharper the image. 7. ExDR Target Level: Select the ExDR value (0-255). The higher the value, the greater the enhancement of the image in the brightest and darkest area. This provides for a more evenly illuminated image and brings out greater detail to the eye. 8. Defogging: Select the Defogging value (0-4). The higher the value, the clearer of image in foggy situations.
Firmware User’s Manual White Balance Configure White Balance for best image quality here. Some options will only appear under certain White balance modes. These are described in detail below. White Balance weighs the proportion of color in the scene and recreates the most realistic color. Usually this function is performed seamlessly in the background in Auto mode. In some cases it may be desirable to fix the color proportions of your view.
Firmware User’s Manual Line Frequency is the power supply frequency. Select the right frequency (60 Hz or 50 Hz) to avoid image flickering. Audio Audio In - Enable or disable Audio In via from the dropdown list. Audio Out Volume – Control the output volume of Audio Out; the higher the number, the louder. Audio Format – Select the audio’s compression type, PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)/G.711A (Europe and the rest of the world)/G.711U (North America and Japan).
Firmware User’s Manual OSD/Privacy Mask OSD (On Screen Display) and Privacy Masks are configured in this section. There are four regions available. Each may be used either as a Privacy mask or as OSD text. Privacy Mask is not available in Dual Stream mode; disable Stream 2 if you want to use Privacy Mask/OSD. Click the [plus sign] to the left of the Region number to open the menu.
Firmware User’s Manual Parameters Description Enable Check this box to enable each OSD/Privacy Mask region Type Each region can be one of two types. OSD (On Screen Display) or Privacy Mask Color* (Privacy This determines the color of the Privacy Mask area. Choose black, green, red or blue. Mask only) Click this checkbox to enable Privacy Mask area setup.
Firmware User’s 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. There are multiple external servers for the device to interact with. When setting up Event Handler, there are four types of settings: Event Server, Event Configuration, Event Rules and Manual Event.
Firmware User’s Manual FTP Server FTP servers can receive snapshot or video uploads that are issued as part of the response from event handlers. One FTP server can be setup. To setup FTP servers, make sure to enter Port, the User Name, the Network Address, User Password, the Network (FTP) Connection Mode (Passive or Active) and Maximum Connection Time before timeout (in seconds). Click [Apply] to use these settings or click [Reset] to clear changes.
Firmware User’s Manual To setup SMTP servers, make sure to click the checkbox to Enable the SMTP account and choose the proper Authentication Type. There are a number of types available. It is recommended to use Auto detection. Available authentication types include: Auto, None, Login, Plain, Cram MD5, Digest MD5 and POP Relay.
Firmware User’s Manual Configuration, Notification messages/URL commands section. Two separate HTTP/CGI servers can be defined. To setup HTTP servers, click the Enabled checkbox User Name, User Password, (HTTP Server) Port number and Click to enable the HTTP server, then enter Network (HTTP Server) Address, Network Max Connection Time before timeout (in seconds). [Apply] to use these settings or click [Reset] to clear changes.
Firmware User’s Manual Click the Edit button to open the screen to configure the type of response. T Digital I/O ports Digital I/O ports read and control the voltage difference in the circuit and respond to it. These are useful in connecting to a wide variety of devices. D/I is a trigger, while D/O is a response. Both are setup here. Both have a low voltage state and a high voltage state, noted as 0 and 1. Refer to Appendix A for detailed information and explanation of Digital I/O ports.
Firmware User’s Manual that must pass before the IP device will accept another trigger from DI (in seconds). 0 means there is no minimum delay limit. DO: To setup DO, define the Active level as 0 or 1. If the active level is set as 1, then camera will change the output voltage to high when this response is activated by an event rule. The voltage will go back to low when the event ends. Interval determines the minimum duration of each DO response (in seconds).
Firmware User’s Manual To setup Notification Messages, make sure to Enable the message and then determine what type of message to send (HTTP CGI or email). The screen changes depending on this choice. If you are sending to CGI server, enter the CGI path optional message Click and an . If you are sending email the body message , the URL command itself , enter the recipients E-Mail address , the email subject . [Apply] to use these settings or click 56 [Reset] to clear changes.
Firmware User’s Manual Upload Video/Snapshot and Audio *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / FTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. IP devices can send video recording/snapshots to the 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 Email, while video can only be uploaded to FTP or HTTP CGI servers.
Firmware User’s Manual Upload Media to: This defines the task at hand, the location to which the media will be uploaded; the selection changes the fields that need to be filled out. Upload Period: IP device will provide video/snapshots for the number of seconds entered. It will stop uploading video/snapshot at the end of this period.
Firmware User’s Manual Video Source: Choose the video source from video 1 or video 2. Refer to Appendix A for details on auto-naming. Send URL commands *Pre-requisites: 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 can be controlled.
Firmware User’s Manual Event List A maximum of 10 event rules can be defined, which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event List panel. For each Event ID, the following will display: 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’s Manual How is it triggered? Events may be triggered by several sources; select trigger from dropdown list: You may also ask the event to be repeatedly triggered during this scheduled time. The interval is determined in the Once Every field, entered in minutes. You may use this with email/FTP upload to take snapshots at regular intervals. Scheduler: The IP device may trigger a device set in a schedule. The schedule is defined in the Event Handler with Local Storage.
Firmware User’s Manual Run out of storage space: This triggers the event response when the device runs out of storage space, usually on the SD card. Fail to write storage: This triggers the event response when the device fails to write the files to the storage location. Remove storage media: This triggers the event response when the storage media has been removed from the device. What responses will occur? Digital Output: This is a useful link to other devices.
Firmware User’s Manual Change Motion Detection Profile: This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event profile. The profile will return to runtime settings at the end of this event. You may program one motion detection region to be disabled at runtime, but enable it with Event Handler under certain circumstances. There are three regions available. Send URL command: Select the URL command to include in the response set.
Firmware User’s Manual Manual Event You may select one event from the Event List in the Manual Event area to be triggered via web User Interface (UI). Once selected, the trigger button on the Live video display screen will display as clickable. Click to trigger the selected event. This is useful during event rule testing. Click [Apply] to use these settings or click [Reset] to clear changes.
Firmware User’s Manual Local Storage Management The V9360 Series devices come with built-in local storage capability; the [Local Storage] item is shown in the Setup page when the mass storage has been inserted into the storage drive slot of the device card not included). Under [Local Storage] item it is possible to manage the storage itself and the files that are stored there.
Firmware User’s Manual Status When the mass storage has not been formatted or mounted yet, the camera does not know the status of the storage; the output would be as follows: If the mass storage has been already formatted or mounted, the Status page will show the details of the storage: For IP cameras with Micro SDHC, the Storage Media Type will show “Micro SD”. For a video encoder with 2.5” SATA hard disk, the Storage Media Type would show “HDD”. The capacity of the disk is shown in Gigabytes.
Firmware User’s Manual Utilities The Utilities are responsible for managing the storage itself, not the files on the storage. There are three utilities – Mount, Format and Scan. Mount When the Mount storage media button displays Mount button, this means that the mass storage has been inserted into the camera, but the connection between camera and the storage has not yet been established. By pressing the Mount button, the storage becomes active.
Firmware User’s Manual 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’s Manual will get the error message above. In that case the disk has to be formatted first. A convenient formatting function is provided within Web Configurator. Format When the disk is inserted into the camera for the first time, it is recommended to format it to make sure the file system of the disk is compatible with camera. Press the Format button to format the disk. Format Failure If the disk is damaged or is not within the specifications of the camera, the formatting may fail.
Firmware User’s Manual Scan To check the health of the disk, use the Scan function. Press the Scant button to begin the process. 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.
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Firmware User’s 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. Note that under this mode, there is a risk that important evidence may be deleted automatically over a period of time.
Firmware User’s Manual File Management The File Management function is available only when the disk has been properly mounted to the camera. Before setup and use of camera, the File Management page would be empty because there are no files to be shown: Clicking on the “?” mark on the upper right corner displays useful help message: In order to let the camera record files either by event or by schedule, go to Event Handler to set it up (Event Handler with Local Storage on page 78).
Firmware User’s Manual The largest possible recording file is approximately 30 minutes. The length of each file is listed in the file list. Length is not available for snapshots. In continuous recording mode, the camera will make sure that the file size does not exceed 30-31 minutes – it would start writing a next file when the first file is full. There is also a way to force the continuous recording files to be a shorter length. This is explained in the Event Handler section on page 78.
Firmware User’s Manual Search Recordings by Triggered Events Another convenient way of searching specific recording files is to define the events that were either the triggers of the recordings or occurred during the scheduled recording. Check the “Search recordings by triggered events” and choose one of the 4 event types – DIs, Motion, Scheduler or Ready for Service. Click the Search button. All these events can be managed under Event Handler (see Event Handler with Local Storage on page 78).
Firmware User’s 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 checking the checkboxes and then pressing the Remove button.
Firmware User’s 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, since the camera has a built-in FTP Server. Use the ftp:// followed by camera’s IP and then type the camera’s account and password (default is Admin, 123456).
Firmware User’s 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 the type of files and when they are to be recorded on local storage. Event Handler supports the following Recording methods: 1. Event triggered video recording or snapshots (recommended solution) 2.
Firmware User’s Manual Here is an example of video format – Upload Media Type is Video; Upload Media To is Local Storage. The camera has the capability to buffer up to 3 seconds of video at any time, so these 3 seconds of video can be included in 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 choose any name for the file.
Firmware User’s Manual In 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 previously defined under Event Configuration, that is, 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’s Manual Scheduled Video Recording Although it is not really recommended to have full-time recording for Micro SDHC, due to the amount of storage space, the firmware will allow it to be configured for full-time recording mode. Using the same media parameters as in previous example: Since the time unit of event rule is minute based, make sure that the media settings (in seconds) add up a round number in minutes. In this case, 3+57 seconds is exactly 1 minute.
Firmware User’s 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.
Firmware User’s Manual Scheduled Snapshots Media configuration: Schedule configuration: As a result, there will be one snapshot from Media 1 stored on Local Storage once every minute, 24 hours a day. The snapshots can be accessible from Local Storage -> File Management. Click [Apply] to use these settings or click [Reset] to clear changes.
Firmware User’s Manual System Click the [System] item on the Setup page. User Account Click the [User Account] item to display the User Account setting page. Setup the account names and their passwords. There are 1 root 10 common user accounts (administrator) account and . Administrator account allows the user to watch the live view and do all setup functions setup; but common user account allows user only to watch the live image.
Firmware User’s Manual System Info Click the [System Info] item to show details about this IP device, including system information, WAN status and system log. Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting. View the information in the 3 textboxes. This information is very useful to understand the IP device status and for troubleshooting any problem that might occur.
Firmware User’s Manual Column System Information WAN Status System Log Description Shows the firmware version, MAC address, production ID and factory default type of IP device. Shows the WAN port’s IP address, netmask, gateway, DNS server, DDNS host and connection status. Shows the system event. This is very useful as a diagnostic tool. At the bottom of this area is the ISP firmware version, a useful diagnostic parameter. Click [Parameter List] to see all configurations of the IP device.
Firmware User’s Manual Firmware Upload Click the [Firmware Upload] item to display the Firmware Upload page. The IP device’s firmware can be upgraded from this page. You may upgrade firmware for individual cameras with this function. To upgrade camera firmware in batches, use the IP Utility, which can be downloaded from the website. The firmware file you download will contain one .upg file and one .md5 file. Uploading firmware through Web Configurator uses only the .upg file.
Firmware User’s Manual Save & Reboot This section tells you how to save all the settings and reboot this IP device. This is critical because some settings only take effect after save and reboot. Click the [Save & Reboot] item to display the Save & Reboot page. Click Apply. The Action LED indicator will go dark to indicate that the IP device is rebooting. After about 30 seconds, the Action LED will light up again to indicate that the reboot is completed.
Firmware User’s Manual Appendix A This Appendix provides some details on certain features that can be configured in the web interface. HTTP Server IP devices are also HTTP/CGI servers. This means that IP devices can now issue commands to each other, which creates endless possibilities for highly coordinated response. The IP device can also give a loopback command to itself, in effect changing almost all possible settings dynamically.
Firmware User’s Manual Upload Video/Snapshot and Audio 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.
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