Page 1
VHD-V500N HD Video Conferencing IP-Camera User Manual V1.3 (English) ValueHD Corporation...
Page 2
ValueHD Corporation Preface Thanks for using this HD Video Conferencing IP-Camera. This manual introduces the function, installation and operation of the HD camera. Prior to installation and usage, please read the manual thoroughly. Precautions This product can only be used in the specified conditions in order to avoid any damage to the camera: ...
ValueHD Corporation Note Electric Safety Installation and operation must accord with electric safety standard. Caution to transport Avoid stress, vibration and soakage in transport, storage and installation. Polarity of power supply The power supply of the product is +12V, the max electrical current is 2A .Polarity of the power supply plug drawing as follows.
ValueHD Corporation Supplied Accessories When you unpack, check that all the supplied accessories are included: Camera ........1PCS AC power adaptor ..... 1PCS Power cord ........1PCS RS232 cable ........ 1PCS Remote controller ......1PCS User manual(Optional) ....1PCS CD ..........1PCS...
ValueHD Corporation Quick Start Step1. Please check connections are correct before starting...
Page 7
ValueHD Corporation Step2. Setting of the bottom switches Set both of the switch1 and switch2 to ‘OFF’. That is ‘Normal Working Mode. SW-1 SW-2 Modes Normal Working Mode Step3. Setting of the system select switch The option of video format:...
Page 8
ValueHD Corporation CAUTION: a. After changing the switch, you need to restart the camera to take effect. Step4. Press the Switch ON/OFF button on the rear of the camera, the power lamp light. Step5. Pan-Tilt will rotate to the maximum position of top right after the camera started, then it return to the center, the process of initialization is finished.
ValueHD Corporation Features 1. The camera provides a high performance in low illumination situations, particularly suitable for which room's lighting is not very well. 2. With maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 and output frame rate up to 30 frames / sec, this camera provides high-definition as well as fluent video.
ValueHD Corporation Product Specification Video System 1080i/60,1080i/50,1080p/30,1080p/25,720p/60,720p/50,NTSC PAL Video Output Interface HDMI,HD-SDI,CVBS Tilt Speed Range 1.7° ~ 69.9° /s Sensor Type CMOS、1/2.7 inch Flick Mount Supportable Effective Pixel: 2.12 million; Sensor Pixel Number of preset Total Pixel: 2.20million ≤0.1° Scanning Mode...
ValueHD Corporation IR Remote Controller Explanation 0. Standby Button Press this button to enter standby mode. Press it again to enter normal mode. (Note: Power consumption in standby mode is approximately half of the normal mode) 1. Position Buttons To set preset or call preset 2.
Page 13
ValueHD Corporation become dark. In this case, press the backlight ON / OFF button. To cancel this function, press the backlight ON / OFF button. 5. Focus Buttons Used for focus adjustment. Press [AUTO] adjust the focuses on the center of the object automatically. To adjust the focus manually, press the [MANUAL] button, and adjust it with [Focus+] (Focus on far object) and [Focus-] (Focus on near object)
ValueHD Corporation USE IR Remote Controller When the camera is working, you can use Move up: Press [ ] remote controller to perform panning, tilting, Move down: Press [ ] zooming and focusing, store and call back preset Move left: Press [ ] positions.
Page 15
ValueHD Corporation effective in full auto exposure mode) 3. Focus Control 5. Presets Set/Clear Focus Far: Press [FOCUS+] button (NOTE: Effective only in manual focus mode) Focus Near: Press [FOCUS-] button (NOTE: Effective only in manual focus mode) Press and hold the button, the action of focus continues and stops as soon as the button is released.
Page 16
ValueHD Corporation 6. Recalling the Preset 7. Camera Selection Press the button corresponding to the camera you want to operate. 8. Camera IR Address Set Press any of the numeric buttons 0-9 directly to recall stored preset positions and settings.
ValueHD Corporation Serial Communication Control In default working mode, the camera is able to connect to a VISCA controller with RS232C serial interface. RS232 Communication Control The camera can be controlled via RS232, the parameters of RS232C are as follows: Baud rate: 2400/4800/9600 bit/s.
Page 19
ValueHD Corporation VISCA Command List Part 1 Camera-Issued Messages Ack/Completion Message Command Function Command Packet Comments z0 4y FF Return when the command is accepted. ACK/Completion (y: Socket No.) Messages z0 5y FF Return when the command has been Completion (y: Socket No.)
Page 20
ValueHD Corporation Returned when no command is executed z0 6y 05 FF in a socket specified by the cancel No Socket (y: Socket No.) command, or when an invalid socket number is specified. Returned when a command cannot be z0 6y 41 FF executed due to current conditions.For...
ValueHD Corporation Menu Setting 1. MENU EXPOSURE Press [MENU] button to display the main menu Mode Auto on the normal screen, using arrow button to move ExpCompMode the cursor to the item to be set. Press the [HOME] Backlight button to enter the corresponding sub-menu.
Page 34
ValueHD Corporation Backlight: Set the backlight compensation, COLOR Optional items: On, Off (Effective only in Auto WB Mode Auto mode ) RG Tuning DRC:DRC strength, Optional items: 0 ~ 8. BG Tuning Bright: Intensity control, Optional items:00~17. Saturation (Effective only in Bright mode) Anti-Flicker Flicker: Anti-flicker.
Page 36
ValueHD Corporation NOISE REDUCTION P/T/Z NR2D-Level 3 SpeedByZoom On NR3D-Level 3 AF-Zone Center D-HotPixel AF-Sense Select Item Select Item Change Value Change Value [Menu] Back [Menu] Back SpeedByZoom: The depth of field scale switch, NR2D-Level: 2D noise reduction. Optional Optional items: On, Off...
Page 37
ValueHD Corporation Off(When set to On, useless in 88 30 01 FF SETUP Command) Language Net Mode: Set the serial port control Protocol VISCA networking, Optional items: Serial, Paral V_Address Baudrate: Serial port baud rate. Optional items: V_AddrFix 2400, 4800, 9600...
Page 38
ValueHD Corporation Optional items: Yes, No address and VISICA Address Save: Save Options. Optional items: Yes, No Note: Press [HOME] button to confirm, All parameter restore default, Include IR Remote...
ValueHD Corporation Equipment Setup and internet connection 1. Operating Environment Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/XP/vista/7 Network Protocol: TCP/IP Client PC: P4/128MRAM/40GHD/ support scaled graphics card, support DirectX8.0 or more advanced version. 2. Equipment Installation 1) Connect internet camera to your internet or to your PC directly via internet cable.
ValueHD Corporation Picture 1.2 Connect by router /interchanger IP camera visited/ controlled by LAN Setup IP address 1.1 Connect IP Camera to internet (or PC), then turn on the power on IP Camera, shown as above. NOTE If IP Camera connect to PC,PC IP address need manual allocation, PC IP internet segment must keep the same as IPC, then IPC can be visited.
Page 41
ValueHD Corporation If IPC IP address and PC IP address not in the same internet segment, IPCSearch software can modify IP address, subnet mask and port number etc. In IPCSearch window, select the device (IPC) needed to be modified, enter new IP in "IP" bar, subnet mask in "Mask"...
Page 42
ValueHD Corporation NOTE IP camera default IP address"192.168.0.136", port "80",user "admin", password "admin". Visit/Access IP Camera 2.1 Input http://192.168.1.136 to IE ( better with IE web browser, others will cause little latency),a login window pop up, input login name: admin, password: admin, language and code stream are selectable, shown as...
Page 43
ValueHD Corporation Input login name and password, click "Login", then pop up below window...
Page 44
ValueHD Corporation ! NOTE If user first time use this equipment, must install a player software. Please click "Download Player" (only for new user). 2.3 Click to run, the player will be downloaded and installed automatically 2.4 After player installation finished, login again then viewing window shown as below:...
ValueHD Corporation IP Camera accessed/controlled by WAN (internet) 1. Setup IPC accessed/controlled by manufacturer dynamic DNS Currently there 2 dynamic DNS: Dyndns.org, 3322.org 1.1 Setup interchanger data: 1.1.1 Open interchanger UPnP function: Take TP-LINK router as example, open the router, and then:...
Page 46
ValueHD Corporation ! NOTE If router not support UPnP function, please set up router port mapping. 1.1.2 Router Port Mapping Setup: Take TP-Link Router as example, in the router interface, select "Transit rule"--"Virtual server"--add a new mapping port into the router list, as below: Server port number: 80 (as default) IP address: the IP address of the monitoring computer (here take 192.168.1.126 as example)
Page 47
ValueHD Corporation Check DNS: Take TP-Link router as example, enter router homepage, click "operation state"—"WAN port state" showing DNSIP address. ! NOTE If DNS address not correct, the camera cannot be connected to internet. 2. Dynamic DNS visit camera 2.1 Set dynamic DNS to IPC Login IPC via web browser, click "Parameters"—"Network"—"DDNS"—"Dynamic DNS".
ValueHD Corporation 2.2 Camera accessed by dynamic DNS Set domain name to camera, setup the parameter, then dynamic DNS can access camera. Access link:http://hostname :port number For example, setup host computer name: youdomain.f3322.org, camera port number: 81, Access link should be: http://youdomain.3322.org:81...
ValueHD Corporation 1.2 Input URL address: rtsp://ip: port/11(Main stream); rtsp://ip: port/12(Sub stream)(When port set as rtsp, default port value is 554 that can be omitted as rtsp://ip/11 or rtsp://ip/12) IP Camera parameter setup Homepage introduction 1.1 Menu All pages include 2 menu bars:...
Page 50
ValueHD Corporation Real time monitoring: displaying video image Parameter setup: with function buttons 1.2 Video viewing window Video viewing window must be same as video resolution, the bigger the resolution is, the bigger the playing area is. Double click viewing window, will show full-screen, double click again, will return to initialized size.
Page 51
ValueHD Corporation 1.6 PTZ Setup 1) PTZ direction control box: Up, down, left, right, oblique button as above 2) Zoom: "+"for long distant objects,"-"for short distant objects. 3) Focus: "+"for zooming in,"-"for zooming out. 4) Speed: select corresponding speed and click direction button to realize PTZ speed up or speed down.
Page 52
ValueHD Corporation 1.7 Image Setup 1) Image adjust Pull the bar in the above box, can adjust color/hue, brightness, contrast, saturation. 2) Flip/Mirror Image can be flipped or mirrored. 3) Powerfreq...
Page 53
ValueHD Corporation 50HZ or 60HZ (selectable to fit the local power frequency, avoid flashing). 4) Scene 3 modes available: auto, indoor, outdoor 5) Black & White On: black and white mode Off: color mode 6) Default Click "Default" button, turn to default...
Page 54
ValueHD Corporation Media 3.1 Video Setup...
Page 55
ValueHD Corporation 1) Resolution Main bit flow support 1920x1080,1280x720,minor bit flow support 640x360,320x180,the bigger resolution is, the clearer the image will be, more network bandwidth will be taken. 2) Bit Rate User can assign bit flow/stream, normally speaking, the bigger bit flow is, the clearer the image will be.
Page 56
ValueHD Corporation 1) Encoded Format:G711a, G711u, G726. 2) Input Gain: volume definable. 3) Output Vol: No such function on hardware, pls ignore this line shown on software interface. 4) Main Stream / Sub Stream : On: encoding with audio signal;...
Page 57
ValueHD Corporation 3.4 OSD Setup 1) Time Stamp: On/Off. Current time will be shown on up right corner when select "on". 2) Camera Name: On/Off. The camera name you edited will be shown on up left corner. Parameter Setup 4.1 Network settings...
Page 58
ValueHD Corporation LAN Setup: Initialized default IP address: 192.168.0.136; Camera network parameters can be setup via "installation guide" HTTP Port: IP address marks the device in network, the device can run multiple network programs, each program transmit the data via ports, hence data transmit between port and port, this port setup is to assign a port to...
Page 59
ValueHD Corporation RTSP Port: IPC support rtsp protocol, can play video directly via VLC, etc. ONVIF Port: Support ONVIF protocol, default port as 1018. 2) DDNS Select "Provider" 3322.org,input 3322.org server login name(account name) and password, "Your domain name" is the assigned domain name from 3322.org server.
Page 60
ValueHD Corporation 4) FTP In order to use FTP function, firstly apply account name/login name and password from FTP server, and meanwhile apply for storage space with authority of writing and building sub-directory. 4.2 Event Motion Detect If the user wants to monitor a area, when an exception occurs in the region, start alarm, select motion detection.
Page 62
ValueHD Corporation 2) Record 3) Cover Area Four regions optional, after clicking region options, move black box via the mouse to the region need to hide.
Page 63
ValueHD Corporation System settings 5.1 User 2 authorities: admin / guest, admin with the highest authority that can make any settings. guest can only operate PTZ, browsing video, recording on PC and image capture, etc., without setting authority. The default passwords are "admin", "guest".
Page 64
ValueHD Corporation 1) Reboot: click "OK" button, the device will reboot. 2) Factory Default: click "OK" button, the setting will be restored to the factory default settings, and restart. 3) Backup data: click the "OK" button, the system will save all current settings.
ValueHD Corporation Maintenance and Troubleshooting Camera Maintains If camera will not be used for a long time, please turn off the power switch, disconnect AC power cord of AC adaptor to the outlet. Use soft cloth or tissue to clean the camera cover.
Page 67
ValueHD Corporation Installation: Visit IP Camera address, click [Download ], download dialog box will pop up, select [Run] or [Save] to download. After downloading finished,the installation interface pops up, it will automatically install the plug-in, when installation finished, the video image is displayed.
Page 68
ValueHD Corporation Copyright Notice All contents of this manual, whose copyright belongs to ValueHD Corporation. Cannot be cloned, copied or translated without the permission of the company. Product specifications and information which were referred to in this document are for reference only, and the content will be updated at any time without prior notice.
Need help?
Do you have a question about the VHD-V500N and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers