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TruVision Covert IP
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P/N 1072913-EN • REV C • ISS 28MAY15

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  • Page 1 TruVision Covert IP Camera Configuration Manual P/N 1072913-EN • REV C • ISS 28MAY15...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2015 United Technologies Corporation. Interlogix is part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Trademarks and Trade names used in this document may be trademarks or patents registered trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the respective products.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Content Introduction 3 Network access 3 Checking your web browser security level 3 Accessing the camera over the internet 4 Overview of the camera web browser 5 Camera configuration 7 Configuration menu overview 7 Local configuration 8 System time 9 Network settings 10 Recording parameters 16 Video image 18...
  • Page 4 Camera operation 59 Logging on and off 59 Live view mode 59 Playing back recorded video 59 Searching event logs 62 Operating PTZ control 64 TruVision Covert IP Camera Configuration Manual...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction This is the user manual for the following TruVision covert IP camera models:  TVA-1101 （1.3MPX IP ATM/covert camera, WDR, PAL）  TVA-3101 （1.3MPX IP ATM/covert camera, WDR, NTSC） Network access This manual explains how to configure the camera over the network with a web browser.

  • Page 6: Accessing The Camera Over The Internet

    Windows 7 and Windows 8 users Internet Explorer for Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems have increased security measures to protect your PC from any malicious software being installed. To have complete functionality of the web browser interface with Windows 7 and Windows 8, do the following: •...

  • Page 7: Overview Of The Camera Web Browser

    Overview of the camera web browser The camera web browser lets you view, record, and play back recorded videos as well as manage the camera from any PC with Internet access. The browser’s easy-to-use controls give you quick access to all camera functions. See Figure 1 below. If there is more than one camera connected over the network, open a separate web browser window for each individual camera.
  • Page 8 Name Description Display Control Click each tab to adjust the layout and the stream type of the live view. You can also click the drop-down menu to select the plug-in. For IE (internet explorer) users, web components and quick time are selectable.

  • Page 9: Camera Configuration

    Camera configuration This chapter explains how to configure the cameras through a web browser. Once the camera hardware has been installed, configure the camera’s settings through the web browser. You must have administrator rights in order to configure the cameras over the internet.

  • Page 10: Local Configuration

    Configuration Description menus 2. Network Defines the network parameters required to access the camera over the internet. See “Network settings” on page 10 for further information on the setup. 3. Video/Audio Defines recording parameters. 4. Image Defines the image parameters, OSD settings, overlay text, and privacy mask.

  • Page 11: System Time

    Table 3: Overview of the Local configuration window Parameters Description Live View Parameters Protocol Specifies the network protocol used. Options include: TCP, UDP, MULTICAST and HTTP. Live View Performance Specifies the transmission speed. Options include: Shortest Delay or Auto. Rules It refers to the rules on your local browser.

  • Page 12: Network Settings

    To define the system time and date: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > System > Time Settings. 2. From the Time Zone drop-down menu, select the time zone that is the closest to the camera’s location. 3. Under Time Sync, check one of the options for setting the time and date: Synchronize with an NTP server: Check the...
  • Page 13 Figure 4: Network window (TCP/IP tab shown) Table 4: Network parameters Menu tabs Description TCP/IP NIC Type: Enter the NIC type. Default is Auto. Other options include: 10M Half-dup, 10M Full-dup, 100M Half-dup and 100M Full-dup. DHCP: Enable to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server.
  • Page 14 Menu tabs Description default port number is 554. HTTPS Port: HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) allows video to be securely viewed when using a browser. Enter the HTTPS port, value. The default port number is 443. Server Port: This is used for remote client software access. Enter the server port value.
  • Page 15 To define the TCP/IP parameters: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Network > TCP/IP. 2. Configure the NIC settings, including the NIC Type, IPv4 settings, IPv6 settings, MTU settings, and Multicast Address. 3. If the DHCP server is available, check DHCP. 4.
  • Page 16 To define the SNMP parameters: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Network > SNMP. 2. Select the corresponding version of SNMP: v1, v2c or v3. 3. Configure the SNMP settings. The configuration of the SNMP software should be the same as the settings you configure here.
  • Page 17 To define the UPnP parameters: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Network > UPnP. 2. Check the checkbox to enable the UPnP function. The name of the device when detected online can be edited. 3. Click Save to save changes. To set up the email parameters: 1.

  • Page 18: Recording Parameters

    Receiver1: The name of the first user to be notified. Receiver’s Address1: The email address of user to be notified. Receiver2: The name of the second user to be notified. Receiver’s Address2: The email address of user to be notified. Receiver3: The name of the second user to be notified.
  • Page 19 Table 5: Video setting parameters Parameter descriptions Video Stream Type: Specifies the streaming method used. Options include: Main Stream (Normal), Sub Stream and Third stream. Video Type: Specifies the stream type you wish to record. Select Video Stream to record video stream only. Select Video&Audio to record both video and audio streams.

  • Page 20: Video Image

    3. Draw the region of interest on the image. Up to four regions can be drawn. 4. Choose the stream type to set the ROI encoding. 5. Enable Fixed Region to manually configure the area. Region No.: Select the region. ROI Level: Choose the image quality enhancing level.
  • Page 21 Parameter Description 2. Exposure Settings Iris Mode There are two settings, Auto and Manual. The type of lens determines which setting is used. Default is Auto. Exposure Time The exposure time controls the length of time that the aperture is open to let light into the camera through the lens.
  • Page 22 Parameter Description 6. White Balance White Balance White balance (WB) tells the camera what the color white looks like. Based on this information, the camera will then continue to display all colors correctly even when the color temperature of the scene changes such as from daylight to fluorescent lighting, for example.

  • Page 23: Osd (On Screen Display)

    Parameter Description different video standards; normally 50 Hz for PAL standard and 60 Hz for NTSC standard. Capture Mode Set the desired frame rate to meet the different demands of field of view and resolution. A higher frame rate may be required in a location with a lot of movement (such as a money depot).

  • Page 24: Overlay Text

    7. Select a display mode for the camera from the Display Mode list box. Display modes include: • Transparent & Not flashing. The image appears through the text. • Transparent & Flashing. The image appears through the text. The text flashes on and off.

  • Page 25: Privacy Masks

    To add on-screen text: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Image > Text Overlay. 2. Check the box for the first line of text. 3. Enter the text in the text box. 4. Use the mouse to click and drag the red text in the live view window to adjust the text overlay position.

  • Page 26: Picture Overlay

    5. Click Stop Drawing to finish drawing, or click Clear All to clear all of the areas you set without saving them. 6. Click Save to save changes. Picture overlay Picture overlay enables you to overlay a picture on the image. This function enables a certain enterprise or users to overlay their logo on the image.
  • Page 27 You can also enable dynamic analysis for motion. When there is motion, the area will be highlighted as green. Figure 10: Motion detection window Defining a motion detection alarm requires the following tasks: 1. Area settings: Define the on-screen area that can trigger a motion detection alarm and the detection sensitivity level (see Figure 10, item 1).
  • Page 28 5. Normal and advanced configuration: Normal configuration allows you to set the sensitivity level of the motion detection. Advanced configuration gives you much more control over how motion is detected. It lets you set the sensitivity level as well as define the percentage of the motion detection area that the object must occupy, select day or night mode, and set up eight differently configured defined areas.
  • Page 29 Notify Alarm Recipient Send an exception or alarm signal to remote management software when an event occurs. Send Email Sends an email to a specified address when there is a motion detection alarm. Note: You must configure email settings before enabling this option.
  • Page 30 4. Under Switch Day and Night Settings, select OFF, Auto-switch or Scheduled- switch. Default is OFF. Auto-switch and Scheduled-switch allow you to set different settings for day and night as well as different periods. 5. Select Area No. and click Draw Area.
  • Page 31 12. Choose the day and click to set the detailed time period. You can copy the schedule to other days. 13. Click to save changes. 14. Specify the linkage method when an event occurs. Check one or more response methods for the system when a motion detection alarm is triggered. Notify Alarm Recipient Send an exception or alarm signal to remote management software when an event occurs.

  • Page 32: Tamper-Proof Alarms

    Tamper-proof alarms You can configure the camera to trigger an alarm when the lens is covered and to take an alarm response action. Figure 11: Tamper-proof alarm window To set up tamper-proof alarms: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration >...

  • Page 33: Exception Alarms

    4. Click Edit to edit the arming schedule for tamper-proof alarms. The arming schedule configuration is the same as that for motion detection. See “To set up motion detection” for more information. 5. Specify the linkage method when an event occurs. Check one or more response methods for the system when a tamper-proof alarm is triggered.

  • Page 34: Alarm Inputs And Outputs

    3. Specify the linkage method when an event occurs. Check one or more response methods for the system when a tamper-proof alarm is triggered. Notify Alarm Recipient Send an exception or alarm signal to remote management software when an event occurs. Send Email Sends an email to a specified address when there is an exception alarm.

  • Page 35: Face Detection

    Upload Snapshot Capture the image when an alarm is triggered and upload the picture to NAS or FTP server. Note: To upload the snapshot to NAS, you must first configure the NAS settings. See “NAS settings” on page 46 for further information.
  • Page 36 Figure 13: Face detection window To define face detection: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Events > Face Detection. 2. Check Enable Face Detection to enable the function. 3. Check Enable Dynamic Analysis Face Detection if you want the face detected to be marked with a green rectangle in live view.

  • Page 37: Audio Exception Detection

    Notify Alarm Recipient Send an exception or alarm signal to remote management software when an event occurs. Send Email Sends an email to a specified address when there is a face detection alarm. Note: You must configure email settings before enabling this option.
  • Page 38 Figure 14: Audio exception detection window To define audio exception detection: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Events > Audio Exception Detection. 2. Under Audio Input Exception, check Enable to activate the function. 3. Under Sudden Change of Sound Intensity check Enable to activate the function.

  • Page 39: Cross Line Detection

    When Dual-VCA mode is enabled, the camera sends video analytics results (meta data) to an NVR or other platforms to generate a VCA alarm. For example, with an Interlogix NVR (please check Interlogix website for the latest NVR models supporting this feature), you can draw a virtual line in the NVR playback window, and search the objects or people crossing this virtual line.
  • Page 40 To define cross line detection: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Events > Cross Line. 2. Check the Enable Cross Line Detection checkbox (1) to enable the function. 3. Click Draw Area (2), and a crossing plane will show on the image. 4.

  • Page 41: Intrusion Detection

    Send Email Sends an email to a specified address when there is a cross line detection alarm. Note: You must configure email settings before enabling this option. See “To set up the email parameters” on page 15 for further information. If you want to send the event snapshot together with the email, check the Attached Snapshot option.
  • Page 42 Figure 15: Intrusion detection window To define intrusion detection: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Events > Detection. 2. Check the Enable Intrusion Detection checkbox to enable the function. 3. Click Draw Area, and then draw a rectangle on the image as the defense region. When you draw the rectangle, all lines should connect end-to-end to each other.

  • Page 43: Defocus Detection

    Notify Alarm Recipient Send an exception or alarm signal to remote management software when an event occurs. Send Email Sends an email to a specified address when there is a motion detection alarm. Note: You must configure email settings before enabling this option.

  • Page 44: Scene Change Detection

    To define defocus detection: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Events > Defocus Detection. 2. Check the Enable Defocus Detection checkbox to enable the function. Sensitivity: The range is between 1 and 100. The higher the sensitivity level, the smaller the defocus required to trigger an alarm.
  • Page 45 Figure 17: Scene change detection window To define scene change detection: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Events > Scene Change Detection. 2. Check the Enable Scene Change Detection checkbox to enable the function. 3. Configure the sensitivity ranging from 1 to 100, the higher the sensitivity, the easier the change of scene can trigger the alarm.

  • Page 46: Snapshot Parameters

    Notify Alarm Recipient Sends an exception or alarm signal to remote management software when an event occurs. Send Email Sends an email to a specified address when there is a scene change detection alarm. Note: You must configure email settings before enabling this option. See “To set up the email parameters”...
  • Page 47 Figure 18: Snapshot menu To set up scheduled snapshots: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Storage > Snapshot. 2. Check Enable Timing Snapshot to enable continuous snapshots. 3. Select the desired format of the snapshot, such as JPEG. 4.

  • Page 48: Nas Settings

    3. Select the desired format of the snapshot, such as JPEG. 4. Select the desired resolution and quality of the snapshot. 5. Enter the time interval between two snapshots. Select the unit of time from the drop- down list: milliseconds or seconds. 6.

  • Page 49: Storage Devices

    To set up a NAS system: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Storage > NAS. 2. Enter the IP address of the network disk, and the NAS file path. 3. Click Save to save changes. Storage devices Use the storage management window to display the capacity, free space available, and the working status of the HDD of the NAS and the SD card in the camera.

  • Page 50: Recording Schedule

    Recording schedule You can define a recording schedule for the camera in the “Record Schedule” window. The recording is saved on to the SD card or NAS in the camera. The camera’s SD card provides a backup in case of network failure. The SD card is not provided with the camera.

  • Page 51: Rs-232 Settings

    If you have selected “All day”, select one of the record types to record from the drop- down list box: • Continuous: This is continuous recording. • Motion detection: Video is recorded when the motion is detected. • Alarm: Video is recorded when the alarm is triggered via the external alarm input.

  • Page 52: Rs-485 Settings

    To set up the RS-232 settings: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > System > RS232. 2. Select the RS-232 port parameters. Note: If you want to connect the camera using the RS-232 port, the RS-232 parameters must be the same as those configured here. 3.

  • Page 53: Camera Management

    Camera management This chapter describes how to use the camera once it is installed and configured. The camera is accessed through a web browser. User management This section describes how to manage users. You can:  Add or delete users ...
  • Page 54  Operator: This user can only change the configuration of his/her own account. An operator cannot create or delete other users.  Viewer: This user has the permission of live view, playback and log search. However, they cannot change any configuration settings. Add and delete users The administrator can create up to 31 users.

  • Page 55: Rtsp Authentication

    Basic Permissions Camera Configuration Remote: Video Output Control Remote: Serial Port Control 7. Click to save the settings. To delete a user: 1. Select the desired user under the User tab. 2. Click Delete button. A message box appears. Note: Only the administrator can delete a user. 3.

  • Page 56: Ip Address Filter

    To define RTSP authentication: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Security > RTSP Authentication. 2. Under Authentication, select Enable Disable in the drop-down list to enable or disable the RTSP authentication. 3. Click Save to save the changes. IP address filter This function allows you to give or deny access rights to defined IP addresses.

  • Page 57: Defining The Security Service

    Defining the security service This function enables Telnet and let you define its password. It is only used by Technical Support. Figure 24: Security service window To define Telnet: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Security > Security Service.

  • Page 58: Import/Export A Configuration File

    To upgrade firmware version: 1. Download on to your computer the latest firmware from our web site at: www.interlogix.com/video/product/truvision-ip-open-standards-outdoor-cameras/ - Or - www.utcfssecurityproductspages.eu/videoupgrades/ 2. When the firmware file is downloaded to your computer, extract the file to the desired destination.
  • Page 59 4. Click Update. You will receive a prompt asking you to reboot the camera. 5. When the upgrade is finished, the device will reboot automatically. The browser will also be refreshed. To upgrade the firmware via TruVision Device Manager: 1. In the FW upgrader panel, select a device or hold the Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple devices for simultaneous upgrading.

  • Page 60: Reboot Camera

    Reboot camera The camera can be easily rebooted remotely. To reboot the camera through the web browser: 1. From the menu toolbar, click Configuration > Security > Maintenance. 2. Click the Reboot button to reboot the device. 3. Click in the pop-up message box to confirm reboot operation. TruVision Covert IP Camera Configuration Manual...

  • Page 61: Camera Operation

    Camera operation This chapter describes how to use the camera once it is installed and configured. Logging on and off You can easily log out of the camera browser window by clicking the Logout button on the menu toolbar. You will be asked each time to enter your user name and password when logging in.
  • Page 62 Figure 25: Playback window Name Description Playback button Click to open the Playback window. Search calendar Click the day required to search. Search Start search. Set playback time Input the time and click to locate the playback point. Download functions Download video files.
  • Page 63 Name Description Timeline bar The timeline bar displays the 24-hour period of the day being played back. It moves left (oldest) to right (newest). The bar is color-coded to display the type of recording. Click a location on the timeline to move the cursor to where you want playback to start.

  • Page 64: Searching Event Logs

    To archive recorded snapshots: 1. Click to open the snapshots search window. 2. Select the snapshot type as well as the start and end time. 3. Click Search to search for the snapshots. 4. Select the desired snapshots, and click Download to download them.
  • Page 65 Figure 26: Log window 1. Major Type 4. Start search 5. Save searched logs 2. Minor Type 3. Start and end search time You can search for recorded logs by the following criteria: Major type: There are four types of logs: All Types, Alarm, Exception, and Operation. See Table 7 below for their descriptions.

  • Page 66: Operating Ptz Control

    Main log type Minor log types: Description of events included Operation Power On, Abnormal Shutdown, Remote Reboot, Remote Login, Remote Logout, Remote Configure parameters, Remote Start Record, Remote Stop Record, Remote PTZ Control, Remote Initialize HDD, Remote Playback by File, Remote Playback by Time, Remote Export Config file, Remote import config file, Remote Get Parameters, Remote Get Working Status, Establish Transparent Channel, Disconnect Transparent Channel, Start Bidirectional Audio, Stop...
  • Page 67 Note: 1. To do pan/tilt movement using the direction buttons, the camera connected to the network must support RS-485 and a pan/tilt unit must be installed in the camera. Please properly set the PTZ parameters on RS-485 Settings page referring to Defining RS-485 settings 2.
  • Page 68 4. Configure the preset number, preset tour time and preset tour speed. Preset Tour Duration: The dwell time. The length of time in seconds for which a camera stays at a preset before moving to the next preset. Preset Tour Speed: The speed the camera moves from one preset to another.
  • Page 69 Index link to camera tamper alarm, 31 link to cross line detection alarm, 39 802.1x parameters link to exception alarms, 32 set up, 14 link to face detection alarm, 35 link to intrusion detection alarm, 41 link to motion detection, 27 link to scene change detection alarm, 44 Alarm inputs Email parameters...
  • Page 70 capacity, 47 formatting, 47 NAS settings, 46 Snapshot, 14, 44 Network, 31 Snapshots Network protocol archive snapshots from recorded files, 61 setup, 7, 8 save during live view mode, 59 Network settings SNMP parameters overview of local camera parameters, 7, 8 set up, 14 set up, 10 Streaming...

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