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- Page 1 MPEG-4 Video Server Model : VS306 User Manual StarVedia Technology Inc. http://www.starvedia.com Revision: 020308 Date: 2010/06/21 Copyright: StarVedia Technology Inc. 2010 For firmware version v020308...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION..........................5 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION AND QUICK INSTALLATION/USAGE ........7 2.1..................7 AJOR HARDWARE COMPONENTS 2.2..................8 UICK INSTALLATION AND USAGE WEB CONFIGURATIONS ......................12 3.1........................13 NFORMATION 3.2........................14 IDEO ISPLAY 3.3..........................16 ETWORK 3.4. - Page 3 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 APPENDIX E. 3GPP/ISMA OPERATION..................49 APPENDIX F. THIRD PARTY AND EMBEDDED WEB PAGE INTEGRATION ......50...
- Page 4 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 List of Figures and Tables Figure 2-1: Major connectors in the front panel Figure 2-2: Connect Ethernet cable to a switch/router. Figure 2-3: The installation CD disk Figure 2-4: The ID/Password card Figure 2-5: Running window of CamView program...
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Page 5: Introduction
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 1. Introduction The video server is designed with the “user-friendly” idea deep in mind. It translates the analog video to digital video, compresses the video by MPEG4 technology and sends the video to internet. The video server can be easily integrated with a CCTV camera to become an IP based system. - Page 6 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 The differences It’s very easy to see the video of the video server product, you only need to key in the ID/Password of the video server any where in the world, you do not need to remember the IP address or domain name or DDNS name or port number.
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Page 7: Hardware Description And Quick Installation/Usage
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 2. Hardware description and quick installation/usage The Video server is designed to be very easy to install and use. First, let’s see the major components of the Video server products. 2.1. Major hardware components. The major components on the front panel of the video server products are the video in, video out, line in and reset button : 1. -
Page 8: Quick Installation And Usage
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 4. RS485 – for pan/tilt control, Pelco-P and Pelco-D protocols supported. 5. The pin sequences are DI(+),DI(-),DO(+),DO(-),RS485(+),RS485(-). 6. Ethernet jack – this is the place to plug in the RJ45 Ethernet cable. When the Ethernet link is ok, the Ethernet indication LED on the front side will be blue light. - Page 9 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Second, Connect the video server product to the home/office network Please connect the video server product to the home network or office network through an Ethernet cable. Usually, this Ethernet cable is plugged into a home NAT/router device or an Ethernet switch if in the office, as shown in Figure 2-2.
- Page 10 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Figure 2-3: The installation CD disk Last, Use CamView program to see the video Figure 2-5 is the running window of the CamView program. If the computer and video server product is connected to the same network, the video server product ID will be displayed in the “Auto Search”...
- Page 11 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Seeing the video in a remote location After the video server product is installed and you can see the video from the CamView software in the local network, it’s very easy to see the video in a remote location.
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Page 12: Web Configurations
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3. Web configurations You can login into the web configuration page by directly key-in the IP address of the video server product or right-click the searched video server product in the “Auto Search” list of the CamView software and click the “Web Configure” to open the login window of the video server product. -
Page 13: Information
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.1. Information The first page of the web configuration of the video server product is the information page. You can see the model name/firmware version, video server product ID, registration status, network type and current video settings( bandwidth, resolution) in this page. -
Page 14: Video Display
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.2. Video Display This display page allows you to view the video display of the video server product. For the first time use of this display on a computer, an activeX component will be automatically downloaded into the browser. This could take some time, depends on the internet speed. - Page 15 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 5. Delete preset – delete one of the pre-defined preset points. 6. Patrol settings – press the “patrol” button to edit the patrol tours. There are totally four patrol tours provided, each patrol tour can contain up to 48 preset points. The stay time of each patrol points could also be edited.
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Page 16: Network
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.3. Network The Network page allows you to modify the network settings of the wired Ethernet. The default settings use DHCP to obtain an IP address automatically. In most of the home and office network environment, there is a DHCP server running. In this situation, by using this default settings, the video server product can work immediately in most of the time. - Page 17 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Figure 3-8: Network settings page for fixed IP address...
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Page 18: Advanced Network
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.4. Advanced Network In some special situation, your network environment only provides PPPoE connection(ADSL service), there is no NAT/router available. You will then need to set the PPPoE settings in the “Advanced Network” page. Only the PPPoE username and password are needed to let PPPoE work. -
Page 19: Video Settings
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.5. Video Settings The video server product is designed to provide high quality video for viewing from CamView software. In this page, you cam modify some settings related to the video viewing: 1. Password(play video) – this is the password needed for viewing the video from the CamView software. - Page 20 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Figure 3-10: Video settings page...
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Page 21: 3Gpp/Rtsp Settings
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.6. 3GPP/RTSP settings The video server product is able to be viewed from a 3G mobile phone, for detailed settings on the 3G mobile phone, please refer to Appendix E. Users can disable the 3G mobile access ability in this page. After the 3GPP/RTSP feature is disabled, no 3G mobile phone is allowed to access the video of the video server product. -
Page 22: Rs485 Settings
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.7. RS485 settings The video server product provides the RS485 interface for speed dome control. The supported protocols are Pelco-P and Pelco-D. When connecting the video server to the speed dome, better using the twisted-pair cable and the polarity of the connection must be correct. -
Page 23: Email/Ftp Alarm
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.8. Email/ftp Alarm The video server product provides the Email/ftp function, you can enable or schedule the Email/ftp ability in this page, the video server product will then send out an email with a jpeg picture attached in the email and/or send out the jpeg picture file to a ftp server. - Page 24 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 be on another email server or any reachable email address. The username and password fields could be left empty if no authentication is needed for the SMTP server. 7. Send FTP message – if this item is enabled, the video server product will send out a jpeg picture file to the specified ftp account.
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Page 25: Di/Do Settings
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.9. DI/DO settings The video server product provides DI/DO alarm function, a video motion detection or the digital input signal could trigger the digital output alarm. The duration of the alarm could also be set. The related settings are explained below: 1. -
Page 26: Nas Settings
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.10. NAS settings The video server provides the recording of the video files into a standard NAS ( Network Access Storage ) device. The video server connects to the NAS device using the standard LMX_NS/CIFS/SSN protocols that are the same as the Microsoft Windows network neighborhood protocols. - Page 27 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 files on the NAS devices. In the Microsoft Windows environment, you can access to the NAS device by keying the URL address \\”NAS name”\”shared folder name” or \\”NAS address”\”shared folder name” in the windows Internet Explorer, and then key in the “NAS access account”...
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Page 28: Sd-Card Settings
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.11. SD-Card settings The video server provides the recording of the video files into a standard Micro SD-Card. Since this recording is directly to the SD-Card, there is no network packets loss problem when recording to remote device through internet. The supported Micro SD-Card capacity is up to 16G bytes. - Page 29 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Figure 3-17: SD-Card information page...
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Page 30: Scheduling
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.12. Scheduling The Video server provides the scheduling function for the motion detection triggered email/ftp sending and/or the NAS recording with the individual parameters set in the . “Email/ftp alarm” settings and the “NAS settings” page. Totally 12 schedule list items are allowed. - Page 31 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 For “Every day”, can set the time duration of every day for the scheduling. For “Fixed time”, can set the starting date/time and the end date/time of the scheduling period. Figure 3-18: Schedule management page...
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Page 32: Led Display Control
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.13. Led Display Control The video server product provides the Led Display Control function, you can enable or disable the led display/indication of the video server product device. The related settings are explained below: 1. Normal led display – select this to enable the status led and ethernet led display. -
Page 33: Date/Time
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.14. Date/Time The video server product can synchronize the date/time with the universally available time server( for example stdtime.gov.tw) through NTP protocol. The date/time will then be corrected with the time server anytime when the Internet is connected. -
Page 34: Admin
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.15. Admin In this page, you can modify the web login account. With this account, you can login to the video server product and do any modifications. The default account is “admin” without password. If the login account is forgotten, you can reset the video server product to the factory default settings by following the steps in section 3.14 and... -
Page 35: Upgrade
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.16. Upgrade If there is some new firmware available from the supplier of this video server product, you can upgrade the firmware on this page. Please ask for the correct information about FTP server, username/password account and firmware filename from your supplier, and then do this upgrade. - Page 36 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Figure 3-23: Firmware upgrade status page...
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Page 37: Reboot
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.17. Reboot You can restart the video server product manually on this page. All the connected video viewing users will be disconnected. Figure 3-24: System reboot settings page Figure 3-25: System reboot under-going page... -
Page 38: Safe Mode
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.18. Safe Mode If by some abnormal operation, for example, powered off during the critical point of the upgrade procedure, the video server product will enter into the safe mode. In this mode, you will see the following “Safe mode” page when login into this video server product. -
Page 39: Set To Factory Default
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 3.19. Set to factory default For some reason, for example you forgot the web login password, you may want to set the video server product to the factory default settings. The only thing you need to do is pressing the “reset”... -
Page 40: Features And Specifications
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 4. Features and specifications 4.1. Features Translate analog video to digital MPEG4 video for internet transmission. Easily access the video from anywhere in the world via the ID/password (Through accompanied video management software, no complicated DNS... -
Page 41: Specifications
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 4.2. Specifications Video Server Models Input DC 12V, 200 mA, provide another output interface Power for external usage. Network interface Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX, Auto-MDIX, RJ-45 Video interface 1 analog video input and 1 analog video output CVBS composite, BNC connector, 1.0Vp-p with 75 ohm loading... - Page 42 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Built-in audio line in for audio monitoring Audio Audio compression: MPEG2 audio, AMR-NB for 3GPP/ISMA(RTSP streaming) Security Web management username/password protection Video display ID/password protection Installation tool on CD and Web-based configuration Installation, Automatic configuration backup and restore...
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Page 43: Package Contents
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 5. Package contents Figure 5-1: The IP camera body Figure 5-2: Power Adaptor Figure 5-3: Quick installation guide Figure 5-4: Ethernet cable Figure 5-5: Installation CD Figure 5-6: ID/Password Card... -
Page 44: Appendix A. List Of Tested Nat/Router Devices
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Appendix A. List of Tested NAT/router Devices The followings are the list of tested NAT/router devices that can work with the video server product and CamView software when viewing in a remote location. You do not need to do any modification on the default settings of the NAT/routers. In some office environment, if some strict firewall function is enabled, it’s possible that you can... -
Page 45: Appendix B. Maximum Allowed Video Users
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Appendix B. Maximum Allowed Video Users The maximum allowed video users for a single video server product at the same time is dependent on the video settings including “Internet speed” and resolution. The followings are the summary of the maximum allowed video users: Notice : when the Video server is doing NAS recording, this is counted as one video user. -
Page 46: Appendix C. Performance Information
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Appendix C. Performance Information 1. Video Performance Information The video quality is dependent on the video parameter settings and the network quality. If you want to have a better video quality, you will usually set higher resolution and higher frame rate. -
Page 47: Appendix D. Trouble Shooting
StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Appendix D. Trouble shooting 1. What’s going on when the red led light on the video server product is flashing? A: When the video server product is connected to the Internet and working correctly, the red led light will be on constantly. If the red led light is flashing, it’s probably because there is some network connecting problem. - Page 48 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 A: You can do the recording of the video/audio of the Video server from the CamView software with the CamView software. You can also do the video/audio recording to the standard NAS storage device. The micro-SD card slot is provided for recording to micro-SD card.
- Page 49 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Appendix E. 3GPP/ISMA operation 3GPP/ISMA is using RTSP protocol for 3G mobile phone to display the video stream from some network devices, including video server product. The video server support the RTSP protocol and video/audio codec needed by 3GPP/ISMA. Users only need to access the address rtsp://ip_cam_address/CAM_ID.password...
- Page 50 StarVedia MPEG-4 Video Server VS306 Appendix F. Third party and embedded web page integration For third party and embedded web page integration, video server support the standard RTSP protocol and video/audio codecs needed by most generally used video play software, including Apple QuickTime and VideoLAN. The supported media protocols including TCP and UDP.
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