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Encoder
Firmware User Manual ’s
A1D-6 - - 00 H1.02.30 AC
Models:
V11, V21, V22, V23, V24
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Table of Contents
Recommended PC Specifications 5
Preparation 6
Connect the Equipment 6.............................................................................
Configure the IP Addresses ....................................................................... 6
Use the DHCP Server to Assign IP Addresses ........................................... 6
Use the Device Default IP Address 9............................................................
Manually Adjust the IP Address of the PC .................................................. 9
Manually Adjust the IP Addresses of Multiple Device: .............................. 10
Access the Device .................................................................................... 11
Live View 13
Login .......................................................................................................... 13
Live View ................................................................................................... 14
Video Channel Selection (for Multi-Channel models only) .................... 14
Dual Stream Capability ......................................................................... 14
Full Screen Mode .................................................................................. 15
Take Snapshot ...................................................................................... 15
Audio Recording ................................................................................... 15
Digital Input / Output Controls ............................................................... 15
PTZ Control Panel (for V2x Models only) ...............................................17
How to Use Pan/Tilt .............................................................................. 18
How to Zoom the Device In or Out ........................................................ 18
How to Set the Home Position .............................................................. 18
Setup 19
Access the Setup Page ............................................................................ 19
Host ............................................................................................................ 20
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Host ...................................................................................................... 20
Serial Setting ......................................................................................... 22
Video Channel’s PTZ Address .............................................................. 23
Date & Time ............................................................................................... 24
Network .....................................................................................................26
IP Address Filtering ............................................................................... 26
Port Mapping ......................................................................................... 28
Multicast Setting .................................................................................... 29
HTTPS .................................................................................................. 31
IEEE 802.1X ......................................................................................... 32
SNMP Setting ....................................................................................... 34
RTP ....................................................................................................... 37
Network (ToS, UPnP, Bonjour, ONVIF) ................................................. 38
Type of Service ........................................................................................ 38
UPnPTM .................................................................................................... 38
Bonjour .................................................................................................... 39
ONVIF ...................................................................................................... 40
IP Settings ................................................................................................. 41
Connection Type ................................................................................... 41
DNS ...................................................................................................... 43
Video & Audio ........................................................................................... 44
Video ..................................................................................................... 44
Compression ............................................................................................ 46
Motion Detection ...................................................................................... 48
Image ....................................................................................................... 53
OSD/Privacy Mask ................................................................................... 54
On-Screen Display (OSD) ........................................................................ 54
Privacy Mask ........................................................................................... 55
On-Screen Graphics (OSG) ..................................................................... 57
Audio ..................................................................................................... 59
Event .......................................................................................................... 60
Event Server ......................................................................................... 60
FTP Server .............................................................................................. 61
SMTP Server ........................................................................................... 62
HTTP Server ............................................................................................ 63
Event Configuration .............................................................................. 64
Digital I/O Ports ........................................................................................ 64
Send URL commands .............................................................................. 71
Event List .............................................................................................. 72
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When is It Active? .................................................................................... 72
How is It Triggered? ................................................................................. 73
What Responses Will Occur? ................................................................... 74
Manual Event ........................................................................................ 76
Local Storage Management ..................................................................... 77
Status .................................................................................................... 78
Utilities .................................................................................................. 79
File Management .................................................................................. 84
How to Export Video? .............................................................................. 85
System ....................................................................................................... 86
User Account ......................................................................................... 86
System Info ........................................................................................... 87
Factory Default ...................................................................................... 88
Firmware Upload ................................................................................... 88
Save & Reboot ...................................................................................... 89
Logout .......................................................................................................90
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Recommended PC Specifications
In order to configure or test devices, a PC with following basic specifications is needed: the
CPU
Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz above or
Memory
2 GB or above
Operating System
Windows XP with SP2 or above.
Windows 2003
Windows Vista
Windows 2008
Windows 7
Windows 8
Browser for Accessing
Firmware
Internet Explorer 8.0 or newer (full functionality)
Safari with QuickTime installed (partial functionality)
Other Browsers with Basic VLC Media Player
(partial functionality)
Video Resolution
1024x768 or higher
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Preparation
Connect the Equipment
To be able to connect to the device firmware from your PC, both the device and the PC have to
be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the same time, the device has to have its own
power supply. In case of PoE devices, you can use PoE Injector or a PoE Switch between the a
device and the PC. The devices that have the DC power connectors may be powered on by using
a power adaptor.
The Ethernet port LED or Power LED of th device will indicate that the power supply for the e
device works normally.
Configure the IP Addresses
In order to be able to communicate with the device from your PC, both the device and the PC
have to be within the same network segment. In most cases, it means that they both should have
very similar IP addresses, where only the last number of the IP address is different from each
other. There are 2 different approaches to IP Address management in Local Area Networks –by
DHCP Server or Manually.
Use the DHCP Server to Assign IP Addresses
If you have connected the computer and the device into the network that has a DHCP server
running, then you do not need to configure the IP addresses at all both the device and the PC –
would request a unique IP address from DHCP server automatically. In such case, the device will
immediately be ready for the access from the PC. The user, however, might not know the IP
address of the device yet. It is necessary to know the IP address of the device in other to be able
to access it by using a Web browser.
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The quickest way to discover devices in the networkthe is to use the simplest network
search, built in the Windows system just by pressing the Network icon, all the devices of the – “ ”
local area network will be discovered by Windows thanks to the UPnP function support of our
device s.
In the example below, we successfully found D11 device that we had just connected to the
network.
By clicking with the left mouse click on the device model, it is possible to automatically launch the
default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target device filled in the address bar of the
browser already.
If you work with our devices regularly, then there is even a better way to discover devices the
in the network IP Utility by using –. The IP Utility is a light software tool that can not only
discover the devices, but also list lots of valuable information, such as IP and MAC addresses,
serial numbers, firmware versions, etc, and allows quick configuration of multiple devices at the
same time.
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The IP Utility can be downloaded for free from http://www.acti.com/IP_Utility
With just click, you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows: one
You can quickly notice the device model in the list. Click on the IP address to automatically launch
the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target device filled in the address bar of
the browser already.
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Use the Device Default IP Address
If there is no DHCP server in the given network, the user may have to assign the IP addresses to
both PC and device manually to make sure they are in the same network segment.
When the device is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services, it will
automatically assign itself a default IP:
192.168.0.100
Whereas the default port number would . In order to access that device, the IP address of be 80
the PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the device.
Manually Adjust the IP Address of the PC
In the following example, based on Windows 7, we will configure the IP address to 192.168.0.99
and set Subnet Mask to by using the steps below: 255.255.255.0
1
2
3
4
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Manually Adjust the IP Addresses of Multiple Device:
If there are more than 1 device to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP
server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them, all of the devices would then have the
initial IP address of , which is not a proper situation for network devices all the IP 192.168.0.100 –
addresses have to be different from each other. The easiest way to assign devices the IP
addresses is by using : IP Utility
With the procedure shown above, all the devices will have unique IP addresses, starting from
192.168.0.101. In case there are 20 devices selected, the last one of the devices would have the
IP 192.168.0.120.
Later, by pressing the Refresh button of the IP Utility, you will be able to see the list of device“ ” s
with their new IP addresses.
Please note that it is also possible to change the IP addresses manually by using the Web
browser. In such case, please plug in only one device at a time, and change its IP address by
using the Web browser before plugging in the next one. This way, the Web browser will not be
confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time.
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Access the Device
Now that the device and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the
same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the device.
You can use any of the browsers to access the device, however, the full functionality is provided
only for . Microsoft Internet Explorer
The browser functionality comparison:
Internet Explorer
Other browsers
Yes
Yes *
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
* When using non-Internet Explorer browsers, free third-party software plug-ins must be installed
to the PC first to be able to get the live video feed from the device:
Browser
Required Plug- In
Safari
QuickTime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)
Any Other Browser
Basic VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org)
Disclaimer Notice: The device manufacturer does not guarantee the compatibility of its devices
with QuickTime and VLC since they are third party software the third party has the right to –s;
modify their utility any time which might affect the compatibility. In such cases, please use
Internet Explorer browser instead.
When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will be
downloaded from the device directly the user just has to accept the use of such control when –
prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case.
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The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to
cover all functions of the device.
Assuming that the device s IP address is , you can access it by opening the Web ’192.168.0.100
browser and typing the following address into Web browser’s address bar:
http://192.168.0.100
Upon successful connection to the device, the user interface called would Web Configurator
appear together with the login page. The HTTP port number was not added behind the IP
address since the default HTTP port of the device is 80, which can be omitted from the address
for convenience.
Before logging in, you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the device.
Account: Admin
Password: 123456
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Live View
This section describes how to configure the device. The administrator has unlimited access to all
settings, while the normal user can only view the live video.
Login
Initially there exists only an administrator s account ’
in the device (Account: Admin, Password:
123456) you have to use that account to log in. –
You can later create normal user accounts with
limited access rights, if necessary.
Feel free to choose your local language from the list
of languages or keep it as English. After pressing
“ ”Login , you will be able to access the user interface
of Web Configurator.
Upon successful login, you will be able to see the Live View page. In case of
Internet Explorer browser, you may be prompted to allow the installation of
ActiveX control from the device Click Install then. The live video will appear . “ ”
shortly after that.
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Live View
The live view appears automatically. While on the Live View page, the Live View icon
appears as being pressed:
If you leave the Live View page, you can later return by pressing that button.
The buttons shown on the Live View page vary depending on the functions supported by the
device.
Video Channel Selection (for Multi-Channel models only)
For encoder models with more than one (1) channel video, you can select the channel to display
on the Live View page by selecting the channel number from the channel list.
- Select the channel number
Dual Stream Capability
The devices have the capability the is usually the high resolution stream dual stream –Stream 1
with the purpose of being recorded by NVR while has lighter video configuration for Stream 2
NVR live view purposes, to reduce the computing power of the NVR PC. Both streams can be
configured under Web Configurator’s Setup page. To see how each of the stream looks like, there
are quick buttons on the Live View page:
- Show the Stream 1 video
- Show the Stream 2 video
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Full Screen Mode
You can also digitally re-scale the video to fully match the size of your display with just click: one
- Full screen Mode
You may use key from the keyboard to exit the full screen mode. ESC
Take Snapshot
To capture the snapshots of the current live view, click the snapshot button. The snapshots are
saved in Pictures folder.
- Take a Snapshot
Audio Recording
Devices with audio out function have the audio controls on Live View page.
- Speak to Device
To speak to the device click If the device is connected to a network video , the button.
recorder, the audio will be recorded with the video stream. If an audio out device, such as a
speaker, is connected to the encoder, the audio will be heard through the speaker.
Digital Input / Output Controls
The digital output controls appear on the Live View page of the devices with digital input/output
function. The controls allow users to manually trigger a DO device.
- Select DO Port
Each DO ports are controlled separately. For devices with more than one DO ports, select the DO
port and click to set the output power level to high or to set the output power level to
low. Consequently, setting the port to a high power level “activates” the DO device and setting the
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port to a low powe DO device. For example, if an alarm is set as DO1 and r level “deactivates” the
is pressed, the alarm will continuously sound until is pressed to deactivate the device.
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PTZ Control Panel (for V2x Models only)
The PTZ Control Panel is used only on connected cameras with PTZ capabilities. The PTZ button
is displayed on the Live View screen only when the channel serial port is enabled on the
Host menu (see on page ). Click the PTZ button on the Live View screen to Serial Setting 22
display the PTZ Control Panel. On the PTZ Control Panel, users can do any the following:
Set the home position
View the PTZ Vendor/Protocol (this configuration can be set in on page Serial Setting
22.
Pan the device
Zoom the device in or out as well as adjust
the zoom speed and step size
Set the focus to auto refocus or manual
Set Preset poin ts
NOTE: The PTZ Control Panel may differ depending on device model.
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How to Use Pan/Tilt
Click the pan/tilt controls to pan/tilt the PTZ device .
Other pan/tilt features include:
Auto pan/tilt speed: When “Enabled”, the device automatically sets the pan/tilt speed
according to the zoom ratio and the selected pan/tilt speed while retaining the clarity and
quality of image even as the device is panning or tilting. When “Disabled”, the pan/tilt
speed follows the value selected on the field. Pan/Tilt Speed
Pan/Tilt Speed: Select the desired pan/tilt speed. The bigger the number, the faster the
speed is.
TIP: While the PTZ Control Panel is open, instead of using the pan/tilt controls, move the mouse
cursor over the Live View, the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in/out or directional icons
(e.g. / etc.). Click or drag the mouse to zoom in/out or pan/tilt the device / / /
view.
How to Zoom the Device In or Out
To zoom continuously, do the following:
1. On , select the , wherein the bigger the number, the faster is the Zoom Control Speed
zooming speed.
2. Click and hold the left mouse button on zoom in or zoom out . When the
mouse button is released, zooming stops.
How to Set the Home Position
1. Pan, tilt, and zoom on the area that you want to set as the home position.
2. Click the button on the . Apply Save current position as home position
Pan/tilt controls
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Setup
The following chapters guide you through the Setup functions of the device.
Access the Setup Page
To configure any of the device settings, go to the Setup menu by pressing the following button on
Live View page :
- Go to Setup
The left side of the Setup page contains the list of Setup
items.
NOTE: The exact content of the menu list varies for each
device, depending on the actual capabilities of each device.
This manual, however, is designed to explain all the
possible functions.
Several items in the Setup page are divided into groups, such as Network, IP Settings, etc. You
can expand the groups to see the sub-items by pressing the [+] button.
The following chapters of this manual explain each Setup item separately. The chapters are listed
in the same order as the list of Setup menu items.
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Host
The menu allows is divided into three (3) sections: Host
Host Serial Setting, , and Video Channel’s PTZ Address.
Host
The section allows the user to define the name of the device preferred user interface Host ,
language and set the name of a video channel.
Host Name: is used to identify the device by a DHCP server. In some networks with very strict It
security policy, it is required that all the network devices should have their host name, and when
the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server, the
DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices. On this page, it is
possible to edit the Host Name. To actually include the Host Name in DHCP discovery packet
sent from a device, please go to IP Settings Dynamic IP and make sure the device is in
Address mode and Use host is checked. “ name”
Language: This item allows users to select the user interface language, same function as that of
the the Language item on the Login page of Web Configurator.
Camera Name: Video Management System This item is used to identify the camera in a (VMS)
or by Software Tools. Usually, upon installation of the camera, the actual installation location is
used as an easy- -remember camera name, such as Front Gate or to “ ” “ ”Elevator 1 . In many cases
the VMS is able to modify the camera name directly via its own user interface without needing to
access Web Configurator. For multi-channel encoders, click the button to configure the Edit
name of the cameras connected to the encoder.
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4-Channel Encoder Example
After changing any of the items above, click Apply to save the changes. The Reset button
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
GPS Position: This section allows users to manually set the GPS position of each camera
connected to the encoder to find its location on the map when using a Video Management
System (VMS). Click the button to configure the GPS position. Edit
4-Channel Encoder Example
Check the box to enable the GPS feature per camera. Enabled
Find the camera location on google maps, for example, installed in the airport.
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Copy the first GPS coordinates from the URL bar and paste it on . Copy the Degree of Latitude
second part of the GPS coordinates to Degree of Longitude.
Press to save the changes. Apply
After changing any of the items above, click Apply to save the changes The Reset button .
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
Serial Setting
The section allows the user to set the serial port configurations of the encoder to Serial Setting
synchronize it with the serial port configurations of the PT device. For multi-channel encoders,
since all video channels will share one serial port, the serial port configurations on all the
connected devices must have the same serial port configurations.
Serial Port Control: Select the serial port control that matches with the serial port configured on
the PT device. This function is equivalent to the DIP switch of the PT device.
Seral Port Baud Rate: Select the serial port baud rate that matches with the baud rate set on the
PT device.
PTZ Vendor/Protocol: ACTi devices and video management systems fully support the URL
Command, a high level PT command set. However, in case the devices will be used with devices
from third party vendors that only support Serial Hex Command (low level PT command set),
users must select the PTZ Vendor/Protocol to use. Otherwise, leave the default settings.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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Video Channel’s PTZ Address
The Video Channel’s PTZ Address section allows the user to enable the serial port and assign
the PTZ address of a video channel. For multi-channel encoders, all video channels share one (1)
serial port therefore the address for each channel must be defined on this section.
1-Channel Encoder Example
4-Channel Encoder Example
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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Date & Time
Each video frame contains a time stamp. The accuracy of the time stamp is very important for
incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the device has to be adjusted to most accurate time
possible.
Th menu provides the options for adjusting e Date & Time
the date and time of the device.
There are two ways to adjust the date and time by getting date and time – automatically
regularly from any of the worldwide, or by selecting proper time zone, NTP servers manually
date and time. The automatic way can be used only if the device has an access to NTP servers. If
you are using an isolated Local Area Network without Internet access, you can only use Manual
date and time adjustment mode.
When choosing for automatic date and time updating, you can key in the IP SNTP/NTP Server
address of the NTP server and the time interval for automatic time synchronization. If you want to
key in the domain name of NTP server instead, please make sure the DNS server IP address has
been set under IP Settings; otherwise the device will not be able to resolve the domain name of
the NTP server.
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If all the devices are getting the date and time from the same NTP Server, you can be most sure
that the video clips from different devices can be well synchronized later for comparison
purposes.
To choose the most suitable NTP Server to synchronize date and time with, please refer to the
worldwide pool of NTP Servers: http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/
When choosing mode, you can adjust the date and time by the select boxes. Set Manually
Choose the appropriate from the select box, too. If your location is not listed there, Time Zone
then pick any of the listed zones which GMT is identical with your location.
For the countries with daylight saving policy, there is Day Light Saving function with two different
types:
Type 1 number of : Defines the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the
the week in the month (First, Second, Third or Last week).
Type 2 exact date in : Defines the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the
the month -31). (1
Whether to choose Type 1 or Type 2, please refer to the daylight saving policy of given country.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes The button Apply . Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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Network
Th menu provides the list of network related e Network
functions and services. The [+] mark before Network indicates that the list can be expanded by
clicking on it. Once expanded, the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the [-] mark.
IP Address Filtering
Use the submenu to define which IP Address Filtering
devices (using the IP addresses) are allowed to connect to
this device, and which devices are forbidden to connect to this device.
Check the box to activate the IP address filtering function and click . Enabled Apply
Below you can select either or Allowed Blocked list to add items there and them with the Enable
checkbox behind each row.
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Allow ed mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below.
Blocked mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below.
Using (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address at once, Netmask
without the need to enter all of them individually. If you are not sure about the function of Netmask,
then you should use 255.255.255.255, and it will affect only a single IP address per line of entry,
or use 255.255.255.0 to use the same setting for all IP addresses starting with the same three
numbers. .
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes The button Apply . Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
Warning! Do not accidentally block your own IP address that you are connecting from; otherwise
you will not be able to access the device any more to undo the changes. If this happens by
mistake, you can do the hardware reset it will clear all the filtering rules. –
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Port Mapping
Th submenu provides the list of services e Port Mapping
and protocols that require their own port number for
communication. By default, the device already has all the ports defined. On this page, the user
can modify the port numbers in case there is a specific need for that. Most often, the HTTP port is
changed to something other than 80 in order to match with easy- -remember port forwarding to
rules of the router that acts as a bridge between local area network and Internet.
NOTE: Some items appear only if the device model supports the function.
Parameters
Description
HTTP port
Select the port assigned for HTTP protocol access.
HTTPS Port
Select the port assigned for HTTPS protocol access.
Search Server Port1
Select the first port used by server search applications to detect this IP
device (e.g. IP Utility).
Search Server Port2
Select the second port used by server search applications to detect this IP
device (e.g. IP Utility).
Control Server Port
Select the port used to support video control function by application
programs (e.g. NVR).
Streaming Server Port
Select the port used by this IP device for Video Streaming (TCP).
RTSP Server Port
Select the port assigned for RTSP protocol access.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes The button Apply . Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet. New port settings will only take
effect after clicking . System > Save & Reboot
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Multicast Setting
Multicast is an Internet protocol where a data stream is sent
only once and shared to requesting devices. This in turn
saves network bandwidth. However, to use this feature, network devices, such as routers and
switches, should support IP multicast.
1-Channel Encoder Example
4-Channel Encoder Example
The Muticast IP, port, and TTL per channel have already been preconfigured. Users may change
these values according to its own network environment.
Parameters
Description
Configuration setting is
based on channel 1
Select to configure Channel 1 multicast settings and use these settings as
a pattern to base the succeeding channel settings. This way, users do not
need to configure the settings one by one.
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Manual
Select to manually configure the settings of all channels.
Channel (number)
Refers to the video channel.
Stream 1
Refers to the video stream 1 of the corresponding channel.
Stream 2
Refers to the video stream 2 of the corresponding channel.
Audio
Refers to the audio stream of the corresponding channel.
Multicast IP
Enter the multicast IP of the corresponding stream.
Network Port
Enter the assigned port of the corresponding stream.
Multcast TTL
Enter the multicast TTL (time- -live) of the corresponding stream. This to
value determines the time span (in seconds) when the packet is retained
in the network. When the time expires and no request is received, the
packet is then discarded.
By Request
When checked, the video or audio stream will be streamed only to a
particular receiver when that receiver sends a request or in the
case of the Network Video Recorder (NVR), selects to view or
record the channel. the video or audio stream will If unchecked,
constantly be streamed to the network whether there are devices
viewing the channel or not.
To save on network bandwidth, it is recommended to check this function.
Once any setting has been changed, scroll down the page and click the button to save and Apply
apply the changes.
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HTTPS
HTTPS protocol allows creating a secure channel over an
insecure network in order to protect the data sent between
the device and its counterpart. Two things are required to have a secure communication –
encrypted data, and verified counterpart of the communication. To make sure that the messages
are being sent and received from true counterpart, the certificate is needed.
There are two methods to create certificates and –Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
Self-Signed Certificate.
Certificate Signing Request (CSR): User uses a signed certificate issued by trusted
Certification Authority (CA).
Self-Signed Certificate: User wants to use the certificate created and issued by user
himself.
Click or button and configure settings in the pop-up Create Create Self-Signed Certificate
screen to install the certificate.
Note that the new setting will only take effect after . Save & Reboot
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IEEE 802.1X
IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based Network Access
Control. 802.1X authentication involves three parties: a supplicant, an authenticator, and an
authentication server.
The supplicant is a client device (such as an encoder) that wishes to attach to the LAN/WLAN.
The authenticator is a network device, such as an Ethernet switch or wireless access point; and
the authentication server is typically a host running software supporting the RADIUS and EAP
protocols.
The authenticator acts like a security guard to a protected network. The supplicant (i.e., client
device) is not allowed access through the authenticator to the protected side of the network until
the supplicant’s identity has been validated and authorized. An analogy to this is providing a valid
passport at an airport before being allowed to pass through security to the terminal. With 802.1X
port-based authentication, the supplicant provides credentials, such as user name / password or
digital certificate, to the authenticator, and the authenticator forwards the credentials to the
authentication server for verification. If the authentication server determines the credentials are
valid, the supplicant (client device) is allowed to access resources located on the protected side
of the network.
Please IEEE 802.1x and configure settings the screen below. Note that the new enable on
setting will only take effect after Save & Reboot . “ ”
EAPOL Version User name User V1 and V2 are the 802.1X communication types. and
password area created by user and set in RADIUS server. and are Certificates Private Key
provided by RADIUS Server.
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If certificates or private key exist already, there will be a button behind these items, in Remove
order to remove these items when necessary.
After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.
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SNMP Setting
The SNMP Setting submenu displays the SNMP
configuration page .
SNMP provides an easy way to manage network devices. The main features are:
1. Monitoring device uptime
2. System detail description. (Ex: model name, model description and firmware version.)
3. Collect interface information. (Ex: MAC address, interface speed, local port.)
4. Measuring network interface throughput.
To use SNMP, just SNMP function in device (SNMP agents) and run SNMP enable the
management software in server (NMS: Network Management Station) to connect the devices. to
The SNMP agent supports versions V1, V2 and V3. SNMP V1 is the initial implementation of
SNMP. SNMP V2 is proposed to enhance the performance of management, such as the
communication of server and devices, the confirmation of information delivery and receipt.
Primary additions in SNMP V3 concern security and remote configuration enhancements.
SNMP V1/V2 uses the “Community” name as password to authenticate identity. “Read
Community” is the password for server to get information from devices. “Write Community” is the
password for server to edit values on devices. The default is “public” for Read Community and
“write” for Write Community. Of course, you can set any other password as your read/write
community.
You can enable V1, V2 or both. Click after setup is complete. Apply
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SNMP V3 uses account/password for authentication. “Security Name” is the account name to be
used with your “Password”. The default security name is “public” and the password must be at
least 8 characters long. You also can set any other security name or password.
Click “Apply” after setup is complete.
SNMP function is now enabled. You may now install and run the SNMP management software on
the computer server.
SNMP Trap Usage:
SNMP traps enable notifications from devices. Devices may send message to the management
server whenever significant events occur such as cold start, warm start and authentication failure.
The manager will get the information immediately and take action if necessary.
Cold start Warm start means device reboot by power disconnection. means device reboot by
firmware without power disconnection. If there other parties attempt to connect to the device with
wrong security password under SNMP V1, V2 or V3 setting, the device will send an
authentication failure message to the management server.
To enable SNMP Trap function in the device, type the IP address of the computer running the
SNMP management software and type trap community as password to allow server to get trap
message from device (Default is public). Select available traps and click . “ ”Apply
Device’s SNMP offers following information:
Group
Description
System
Provide general information about the managed device.
Ex: system description, system name.
Interface
Provide general information from the physical interfaces.
Ex: interface speed, MAC address.
Address
Translation
Provide information about the mapping between network addresses and physical
addresses for each physical interface
Ex: The IP/MAC addresses connect to the managed device. to
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IP
Provide the status and operation of Network Layer (Layer 3).
Ex: the information and traffic flow of received/delivered package.
ICMP
Provide the status and statistics of ICMP.
Ex: amount of receive/error message of ICMP.
TCP
Provide the status and operation of Transport Layer (Layer 4) using TCP protocol.
Ex: TCP Local Port, incoming/outgoing TCP segments.
UDP
Provide the status and operation of Transport Layer (Layer 4) using UDP protocol.
Ex: UDP Local Port, in/out datagram.
SNMP
Provide the related statistics through SNMP
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RTP
The submenu allows user to configure RTP RTP the
Settings .
If the is , then the RTP streaming will require account name and RTSP Authentication Enabled
password authentication.
If the is then the B2 frame is added to every video frame, containing RTP B2 Frame Enabled
additional information, such as motion detection status on each frame, digital input and
digital output levels, passive infrared status, other video intelligence data, frame counter,
frame-rate mode and the frame-rate, bitrate, resolution, timestamp and much more. The
user side can operate with video data easily, including event management, storage consumption
estimation, image resizing for preview, etc.
After changing any of the items above, click Apply Reset to save the changes. The button
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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Network (ToS, UPnP, Bonjour, ONVIF)
The menu vcontains the controls for following Network
functions:
Type of Service
UPnP
Bonjour
ONVIF
Type of Service
The Type of Service provides four (4) options to
define the priorities of how the data from the
device should be handled by the routers that
support ToS concept. By the default, the ToS
priority is set as Normal Service.
For special priority arrangement, there are three (3) more options:
Minimize Delay
Maximize Throughput
Maximize Reliability
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
UPnPTM
The UPnPTM section provides the option to
enable or disable the Universal Plug and Play
capability of the device. Having the UPnPTM
enabled allows the other network devices to
seamlessly discover it on the network for
convenient identification and access.
The is a hum -readable name for the device that will be displayed when the Friendly Name an
device is found. By default, the serial number of the device is used as a friendly name; however,
the user can modify the name according to the project needs.
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After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
Most of the Windows-based computers have the capability to discover the devices that support
UPnPTM. Below is the example of Windows 7: by clicking on the icon of , the Network Windows 7
PC will discover the devices instantly.
Bonjour
Th section provides the option to e Bonjour
enable or disable the ability of the device to be
discovered by the other network devices using
Bonjour protocol, developed by Apple Inc. Both
Bonjour and UPnP serve the similar purpose –to
discover devices conveniently.
Similarly to UPnP, the human readable Friendly Name can be defined by the user. That name
will be displayed when the device is found in the network. By default, the Friendly Name is the
serial number of the device; however, the user can modify the name according to the project
needs.
After changing any of the items above, click Apply Reset to save the changes. The button
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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ONVIF
Th section provides the option to e ONVIF
enable or disable the ability of the device to
be discovered by the other network devices
using the ONVIF protocol.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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IP Settings
Th menu provides the options to define how e IP Settings
the devi would obtain its IP address; and to which DNS server should the device connect to, in ce
order to resolve domain names.
Connection Type
The Connection Type submenu allows defining the method
of obtaining the IP address of the device. By default, the device is in mode Dynamic IP Address
and attempts to get the IP address from a DHCP server. If such attempt fails after several
seconds (for example the DHCP server does not exist), the device will automatically assign itself
an IP address, listed under Static IP Address.
Host Name is used to identify the device by a DHCP server. In some networks with very strict
security policy, it is required that all the network devices should have their host name, and when
the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server, the
DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices. On this page, it is
possible to edit the Host Name and enable or disable the use of host name.
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Most installation projects include clear network topology and static IP addresses for each device.
In such cases, you can change the device to Static IP Address IP mode and modify the
Address, Subnet Mask Gateway and accordingly.
In some rare cases, the device may be connected to the control center over Internet. Usually, the
most cost efficient way is to use ADSL connection with . To avoid the unexpected changes PPPoE
of IP addresses by Internet Service Provider upon the restart of the device, it is recommended to
activate a DDNS service for such scenario, and let the control center connect to the device by the
domain name instead. Please refer to the DDNS section for more details.
To set the device in PPPoE mode, set the button to and key in the and PPPoE User Name
Password, provided by Internet Service Provider.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
The new IP address settings will only take effect after clicking . System -> Save & Reboot
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DNS
T submenu allows setting up the Domain Name he DNS
Service for the device. The device will connect to the DNS
server when there is a need to resolve a domain name for sending data to.
The most common usage is the ftp or e-mail server in the Event Handler section is defined by
using domain names. Without having DNS service configured, the device would not know how to
resolve the domain names of FTP or e-mail servers.
It is possible to configure both and . The Secondary DNS Primary Secondary DNS servers
Server will be used when the connection to the Primary DNS Server fails.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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Video & Audio
The Video & Audio menu provides the options to adjust the
video quality, , configure the streaming details of the device, and audio settings which will be
described in the succeeding pages.
The default settings of the device are sufficient for most environments and the video adjustments
are not necessary. The following sections explain the ways to configure the video quality or
streaming details in case it is required to do so.
The mark before Video indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it. Once [+]
expanded, the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark. [-]
Video
The Video submenu is further divided into tabs. The
functionality of each tab is explained separately below.
Upon opening the Video Stream Mode submenu the live view of stream 1 is displayed. If , in
Camera Options Dual is set to , then select which stream to display from the stream drop-down
box. For models with more than one (1) channel, select the channel to configure from the channel
drop-down box. Note that the channel drop-down box appears only in models with multiple
channel support.
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Usually, Stream-1 is configured to be high quality video with maximum resolution and frame rate
for recording purposes while Stream-2 is usually a moderate quality stream for live view purposes
of the VMS, to reduce VMS computing power during video decoding of multiple channels.
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Compression
The section allows the user to define the compression settings of the video stream Compression
1 and stream 2. The purpose of compression is to reduce the bandwidth and VMS storage
consumption.
Usually the stream 1 is configured to be the best quality stream for NVR recording purposes while
the stream 2 is configured to be with the basic quality for the live view of NVR, to minimize the
computing power of NVR used for video decoding.
Parameters
Description
Encoder Type
There are two encoder types available: (High Profile) and H.264
MJPEG.
H.264 Profile
This item is available only if the Encoder Type H.264 is .
The defines the video compression scheme: H.264 Profile High
Profile Main Profile Baseline, , and . These schemes vary from least
compressed, , to most compressed . By Baseline , High Profile
default, the H.264 Profile is , which provides the most High Profile
compression with the best video quality, more computing power. but
Some third-party video management system has long latency or er
takes more time to decode High Profile compression scheme in this ,
case, you can select or . In order to get the Main Profile Baseline
same video quality, you can select a higher bit rate with lower
compression; this is the same as having a lower bit rate with a High
Profile. For example, a video on High Profile with 2M bit rate will have
the same video quality as a video with Baseline Profile at 3.5M bit
rate.
Resolution
Depending on the device model, the number of available resolutions
may be different. The default resolution setting of the device may not
necessarily be the maximum resolution of the device. If the user
wants to use the maximum resolution, it is possible to do it here. The
maximum possible resolution of the stream 2 will be smaller than
stream 1.
Frame Rate
Defines the amount of frames per second.
Video Bit Rate Mode
(only for H.264)
Under mode (CBR), the device keeps the stable Constant Bit Rate
bitrate regardless of the complexity of the scene. Under this mode,
the video quality may vary if the bit rate value is set too low. It is easier
to do storage and network bandwidth consumption estimations under
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this mode compared to Variable Bit Rate mode.
Under Variable Bit Rate mode (VBR), the device will keep the video
quality stable while the bit rate may occasionally go up or down,
depending on the complexity of the scene.
Video Max Bit Rate
(only for H.264)
Defines the upper limit of the bitrate (only available under CBR
m . The bitrate will be floating slightly under that limit. For ode)
example, if the limit is set as 2M, the bitrate will be floating around
1.6~2.0 Mbps.
If the Video Max Bit Rate is chosen
as , then the Unlimited Video Bit
Rate selection box will appear that
defines the bit rate level.
Video Bit Rate
(only for H.264)
Under CBR mode, when is chosen Video Max Bit Rate Unlimited,
the user can define the AVERAGE bit rate. For example, if the Video
Bit Rate is chosen 2M, then occasionally, the actual bit rate may go
below or beyond 2M, but in the long run, the average bit rate will be
very close to 2M. This mode allows the most accurate storage
estimations, however, while planning the bandwidth, please consider
the occasional peaks of bit rate.
Quality
H.264 Compression:
Under VBR mode, the bit rate will
be floating while the video quality
will be stable and follows the quality
standard set by the user. The user
can choose either or quality. The higher is the High, Medium Low
quality level, the more bit rate the device will use to achieve the target
quality.
MJPEG Compression:
The user can define the quality with the numeric scale from 1 to 100.
The default MJPEG quality is 60. The higher is the quality level, the
more bit rate the device will use to achieve the target quality.
GOP 1 I-frame
(only for H.264)
Under VBR mode it is possible to adjust the GOP length - that is the
occurrence rate of I-frames. By default, there is one I-frame per
second. For example, in case of 30fps, there will be 1 I-frame and 29
P-frames every second by default. When the GOP is changed to “1
I-frame per 5 seconds , then there will be one I-frame, followed by 149 ”
P-frames. In case of the static scenes, long GOP can further minimize
the bandwidth and storage consumption.
After changing any of the items above, click Apply Reset to save the changes. The button
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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Motion Detection
The section allows the user to configure the video motion detection system of Motion Detection
the device. Motion detection regions are based on the Stream 1. By default, there are three (3)
enabled pre-defined regions. For multiple channel devices, select the channel from the
drop-down box to set its motion detection.
Click to adjust the motion detection regions or its parameters. Setup
NOTE: browser is required to configure the motion detection Microsoft Internet Explorer
regions.
There are three independently configurable motion detection regions in the device. Each
motion detection region has 6 configuration parameters:
Enabled or disabled
Location of the region
Size of the region
Sensitivity
Trigger threshold
Trigger interval
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Enabled or Disabled
Each of the 3 motion detection regions can be enabled or disabled
individually. Look at the example: Only the region 1 is enabled while
2 and 3 are disabled. The disabled regions disappear from the
video display.
Note that the number of the motion detection region is written in
the upper left corner of the region.
Location of the region
You can move the motion detection region anywhere on the field of
view by dragging the top of the motion detection rectangle as
shown on the image. The motion detection regions may even be
overlapping if you like.
Size of the region
By dragging the lower right corner of the motion detection region
you can change the size of the region. The maximum size of the
region can even be as big as the whole screen.
Sensitivity
Sensitivity is the parameter that helps us distinguish actual moving targets (people, vehicles)
from the slightly moving background, such as leaves of the trees waving in the wind. In order to
avoid false alarms, we might want the device be able to ignore small motion. The higher is the
sensitivity level of the device the smaller shift of the object is needed to trigger the alarm. For
example, if the object within motion detection region has moved for about 1-3 pixels during two
video frames, then such small motion will be discarded by device if the sensitivity is low, and will
still trigger an alarm if the sensitivity is high. In other words, you can think of sensitivity level as a
reversed speed limit the smaller is the sensitivity, the faster are the objects allowed to move –
without being detected.
The biggest challenge of motion detection configuration is to find the settings that do not produce
false alarms and at the same time do not miss any actual intrusions. The rule of thumb is: the
sensitivity should be as high as possible while not producing false alarms. The default
sensitivity level of devices is 70 (on a scale of 0-100) and it is a good setting for most the
standard cases.
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Trigger threshold
Look at the moving object entering the
area of motion detection: although
moving quite slowly, it caused motion
activity several pixel regions –
reported a motion that was faster than
allowed speed limit of sensitivity “ ”
(70).
The blue graph on the right side of the
image shows how many percent of
pixels within the motion detection
region were considered as currently in motion . The activity panel itself is a timeline for each “ ” –
moment of time you can see the height of the blue bars. You may notice that at certain moment
the tallest bars in the activity graph reached about 25% (a quarter of the total height in activity
panel) it means, 25% of this motion detection area were filled with moving pixels at that moment. –
By visual observation you can also see that the object standing inside the motion detection region
indeed covers about 25% of its size.
What if the object is really small but moves rather fast (gets triggered by the current sensitivity
level)? For example, we want to detect people but not the cat walking in the room. Although both
people and cat may move with the speed that will trigger motion, they have different size of
triggered pixels. For example, a human passing by the motion detection region will trigger 25% of
pixels in that region while the cat would trigger only 2%. Since we want to have a real alarm in
case of human or vehicle passing by while ignoring birds, cats, butterflies, mice, etc, we need a
filter that can define how many percent of triggered pixels will be considered as a real alarm. This
parameter is called . The default value of trigger threshold is 10%. It means, trigger threshold
only the objects that are bigger than 10% of the motion detection region size and move faster
than allowed by sensitivity level (70) will produce actual alarm.
How to choose the most optimal trigger threshold level? The rule of thumb, keep the trigger
threshold as small as possible while not causing false alarms by the moving objects that
are not humans or vehicles.
You can have different sensitivity level and trigger threshold level for each motion detection
region.
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In order to understand all of the above even better, please refer to the table below containing four
possible combinations of settings using sensitivity level and trigger threshold percentage.
The objects listed in each cell will trigger an alarm under given settings:
Low threshold (0-5 %)
High threshold (5-100%)
Low sensitivity
(0-65)
Big and fast
Small and fast
Big and fast
High sensitivity
(65-100)
Big and fast
Big and slow
Small and fast
Small and slow
Big and fast
Big and slow
The device’s default sensitivity is 70 and threshold 10%. By these default values, only is
the rabbit and the turtle would trigger an alarm while the butterfly and the snail would be
ignored by the motion detection system.
Important: Please remember that changing the size of the motion detection region has an impact
on the threshold the bigger is the size of the motion detection region the smaller should be the –
threshold value if you want the same object size to trigger motion. For example, if you increase
the motion detection region to twice the previous size, please remember to reduce the threshold
to half its original value (from 10% to 5%). On the other hand, changing the location of the motion
detection region has no impact on threshold.
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Trigger interval
The last configuration item is the trigger interval. It is the time period from the beginning of the
triggered event during which the all motion activities are ignored by the device. This is designed
to avoid needless repetitive reporting of the same intrusion. Trigger interval 20 seconds would
mean that when the even happens, device will take certain one-time actions and ignore the
continuing activity in the motion detection region for 20 seconds. When 20 seconds are over, the
device will produce a new alarm if there are still action in the motion detection region, and take
actions again.
There is one more item on the Motion Detection configuration
page which was not explained above the –Profile of Motion
Detection Profile 1. Think of them as (Runtime MD Profile) and
Profile 2 (Event MD Profile). It means that you can configure
two independent groups of Motion Detection regions with at most 3 regions in each group.
Normally, the Profile 1 (Runtime MD Profile) is used as an active profile of th device. However, in e
some cases it is possible to let the device switch to Profile 2 by using the Event Handler system
of the device.
For example, you might want to have different motion detection parameters for day and night time.
Then the two profiles become really handy. In such case, remember to configure the motion
detection parameters for both profiles before moving on to configure the event response system.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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Image
The Image section allows the user to control certain parameters of a video frame.
Parameters
Description
Video Flipping /
Video Mirroring
Check this box to flip the video up-down and left-right to achieve the
180-degree rotation effect.
Brightness
Select the Brightness value (0~100). The higher the value, the
brighter the image.
Contrast
Contrast adjusts the separation of the dark and bright areas of an
image Select the Contrast level (0~100). Increasing contrast makes .
the dark areas darker and bright areas brighter.
Saturation
Saturation makes colors appear more vivid. Select the Saturation
level (0~ ). The higher the value, the more saturated the image 100
becomes.
Sharpness
Sharpness makes the contours of the image more distinct. Select the
Sharpness level (0~255). The higher the value, the sharper the
image.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
The button is a quick way of restoring factory default image Restore image settings to default
settings without needing to reset the whole device to factory default.
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OSD/Privacy Mask
The section allows user to do one of the two on-video operations: OSD / Privacy Mask
1. Add text to the upper or lower left corner of the video. This function is called On-Screen
Display (OSD) Text Overlay or . It is possible to display the camera name, date and time, IP
address or any custom text as Text Overlay. The text is kept as small as possible and is
not resizable. The text can be read normally when the video is enlarged on the display to 1:1
ratio. The purpose of having the text so small is to provide sufficient legal evidence while
blocking the smallest possible area of the video to avoid valuable video evidence being
blocked by text overlay. The text will be embedded into video and cannot be removed later
upon playback or export.
2. Cover up some sensitive areas of the video that should not be captured by the camera, such
as manager’s computer screen or bathroom entrance. This function is called Privacy Mask.
It is possible to configure several independent regions for masking. Microsoft Internet
Explorer browser is required to configure the Privacy Mask. The privacy masks will be
embedded into video and cannot be removed later upon playback or export.
On-Screen Display (OSD)
It is possible to define up to 4 regions of text. If more than 1 region of text is and enabled
positioned in the same location, then the texts will appear one below another, row by row.
In the example above, one region of text was enabled with blue color and 50% transparency,
located at left lower corner and containing the text of Office View together with current date. The “ “
date would be automatically changing every day, according to camera s date and time settings. ’
The result of the example configuration would look like this (Live View page, 1:1 scale):
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Below is the list of characters with special meaning that can be used in the text field:
Parameters
Description
%YYYY
Year in four-digit format. For example, 2008
%YY
Year in two-digit format. For example, 08
%MM
Month in two-digit format. For example, 01 for January, 12 for December
%DD
Date in two-digit format. 01~31
%hh
Hour in two-digit format. 00~23. Note that only -hour indication 24 is
support . ed
%mm
Minutes in two-digit format. 00~59
%ss
Seconds in two-digit format. 00~59
%H
a hyphen, "-"
%C
a colon, ":"
%X
a slash, "/"
%N
show Camera Name (It might be truncated if exceeds max OSD length)
After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.
Privacy Mask
The section allows the user to cover up some sensitive areas of the video that Privacy Mask
should not be captured by the device, such as manager s computer screen or bathroom a ’
entrance. It is possible to configure several independent regions for masking.
It is possible to set up to 4 regions of privacy masks. The adjustment of the privacy mask region
can be done when the region is checked under the column. Setup
NOTE: This feature is recommended for fixed and vari-focal cameras only. Due to continuous
camera movements, PTZ and zoom cameras may yield inaccurate results when used with this
feature.
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You may resize and drag the region the
same way as the motion detection
regions: upper bar that contains the
number of the region can be used for
dragging the region across the video
while the white box at the right lower
corner of the privacy mask region can be
used for resizing the region.
There are 4 pre-defined color options for privacy masks. If the user wants to use any other colors,
please use URL commands to set up the privacy mask instead. To do that, please refer to the
Guide that explains the use of URL commands.
When switching back to live view, the privacy mask would look like this:
For PTZ device models, the privacy mask is dynamic. Thus, when the device is panned to other
directions, the region that is originally covered remains covered for privacy. Also, the user can
only select one color for all 4 privacy masks.
Please note that the Privacy Masks will take effect for both Stream 1 and Stream 2.
After changing any of the items above, click Apply to save the changes. The Reset button
undoes the changes that had just been made but not plied yet. ap
NOTE: It may take several seconds to update the region location on video display after pressing
Apply!
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On-Screen Graphics (OSG)
On-Screen Graphics (OSG) is a new feature that allows placing custom image files on the top of
the video as a layer. For example, it can be used as a watermark for security purposes, or a
brand logo in the corner of the video image.
There is no interface within Web Configurator to configure On-Screen Graphics since it is
a rarely used feature. The URL commands can be used to complete the task instead.
The image that can be used as OSG has to be in YUV format (Image raster graphics before )
uploading to the camera. There are several freeware converters available that convert images to
YUV format.
For example, one free trial version of YUV converter can be downloaded from Sunrayimage.com:
http://www.sunrayimage.com/download/YUVTools_3.0_trial.zip
We do not guarantee the performance, terms of usage or availability of this product. The user has
to read the terms of use first and proceed with installation if the terms are acceptable.
Please note that the image should not be larger than 640x480 pixels and should contain an even
number of pixels. The image, once uploaded, cannot be resized. Therefore, please make sure
that you have the image with the right size before uploading to the camera.
For example, we have the BMP logo with the size 204x106 that has been converted into YUV:
When the image is ready, upload it to the camera by the following URL command:
http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_IMAGE
Upon successful entry of user name ans password, the following upload window will appear.
Browse yuv Apply for the file in your computer that you had prepared and press .
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When done, use another URL command to configure its position:
http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_CONFIG=
1,0,0,240,106,EB8080,4
... where the 7 parameters behind OSG_CONFIG mean following:
Parameter
Position
Description
1
1 means enabled, 0 means disabled
2
X position
3
Y position
4
Width of the image
5
Height of the image
6
YYUUVV value of the background color of the image that is to be blended
7
Transparency level: 0 means 0%, 1 means 25%, 2 means 50%, 3 means
75%, 4 means 100%
The result would look like this:
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Audio
The submenu is used to configure the audio input and Audio
output settings of the video channel.
Parameters
Description
Channel
(for multi-channel
encoders only)
Select the video channel to adjust its audio settings.
Audio In
The option Enabled would activate incoming audio. The option “ ”
“ ”Disabled would turn off the incoming audio. In such case, the video
stream is captured without audio.
Audio In Level
Use this function to adjust the sensitivity level of the audio input.
NOTE: Available only if the Audio In is enabled.
Audio In Format
Choose the audio compression format.
NOTE: Available only if the Audio In is enabled.
Audio Out Volume
The audio out volume level can be adjusted in the scale of 0-100. It
will only influence the volume level of the PC speakers but not the
external speakers connected directly to the encoder.
The volume level can be adjusted from 0 up to 100. Where “0” mutes the audio and 100 is the
maximum volume.
This volume control appears in user interface only when the Audio-in function of the device has
been . Enabled
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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. And
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
Click the item before to expand the list. Event
Event Server
Event servers define whom the device may interact with. They can be other servers or devices
on the network, or even the device itself. sets up a list of what to tell the Event Configuration
other party during interaction. Event list lays down the rules and conditions about when to initiate
whic responses from which triggersh . The options available for Event rules are selected from
the event servers and event configurations.
Event servers are classified as FTP servers, SMTP servers and HTTP servers
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FTP Server
FTP servers can receive snapshot or video uploads that are issued as part of the response from
event handlers. You may setup one FTP server.
To setup FTP servers, make sure to enter of FTP server, the Network Address the Network
(FTP) P , the and of FTP account connection ( or ort User Name Password , Mode Passive
Active Max. Connection Time) and before timeout.
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
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SMTP Server
SMTP servers can send email upon request from the IP device. The email can be a simple
subject and text email, or attached with snapshot / video. You may setup two SMTP servers. The
device will first attempt to send the message via the Primary email SMTP server. If the first
attempt fails (after the Max connecting time), then the device will attempt to send via the
secondary SMTP server. If the device sends email successfully via the primary SMTP server,
then it will not use the secondary SMTP server.
To s SMTP servers, make sure to enable the SMTP account and oose the proper etup ch
Authentication Type. There are many types available. The default is . We recommend you Login
to use . Available authentication types include: Auto Detection Auto Detection, None, Login,
Plain Cram MD5 Digest MD5 PoP Relay User Name Password, , and . Please also enter the , ,
the Email Address Network displayed as sender (can be different than the user name), (SMTP
server) Address Network, (SMTP server) and before Port number Max Connection Time
timeout (in ). seconds
After changing any of the items above, click to save the changes. The button Apply Reset
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.

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