Siqura PD910 User Manual

Siqura PD910 User Manual

3mp bubble-less ptz dome camera with 40x zoom
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  • Page 1 PD910 3MP bubble-less PTZ dome camera with 40x zoom...
  • Page 2 Liability Siqura accepts no liability for claims from third parties arising from improper use other than that stated in this manual. Although considerable care has been taken to ensure a correct and suitably comprehensive description of all relevant product components, this manual may nonetheless contain errors and inaccuracies.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..........................5 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ..........................7 WEB INTERFACE ............................9 ............................. 10 3.1.1 Function items on home page ......................10 3.1.2 Function buttons on Home page ...................... 11 ..............................13 YSTEM 3.2.1 System .............................. 13 3.2.2 Security .............................
  • Page 4 Contents 3.4.2 White Balance ..........................44 3.4.3 Picture Adjustment ........................... 45 3.4.4 IR Function ............................46 3.4.5 Noise Reduction ..........................47 3.4.6 WDR Function ........................... 47 3.4.7 Digital Zoom ............................. 47 3.4.8 Backlight ............................47 3.4.9 Image Stabilizer ..........................47 3.4.10 Profile ............................
  • Page 5: About This Manual

    About this manual What's in this manual This is version 1 of the user assistance provided for PD910 cameras. The manual gives you all the information you need to operate and configure the camera. Where to find more information Find additional manuals and the latest firmware for this product at siqura.com. We advise you to make sure that you have the latest version of this manual.
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  • Page 7: Product Overview

    Product overview With the latest encoding technology and built-in IR LEDs, the PD910 camera offers high dynamic range (HDR) and high-sensitivity performance. The camera is capable of capturing high-resolution images during daylight hours and even in pitch-black darkness. At night, or in any low or zero lux environments, the camera provides effective illumination to objects 200 meters away.
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  • Page 9: Web Interface

    Web interface The built-in web interface makes it easy to operate and configure the product over the network. This chapter describes the lay-out and features of the web interface. The default web login username is Admin and the password is 1234. In This Chapter Home Page ......................
  • Page 10: Home Page

    PD910 Home Page Click the Home tab to open the Home page. The Home page includes a number of drop-down menus and function buttons. Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 provide detailed information on these functions and buttons. Home page 3.1.1 Function items on home page...
  • Page 11: Function Buttons On Home Page

    Web interface Manual  Click MANUAL to manually adjust the focus with the NEAR and FAR buttons. Zoom (Zoom Triggered AF)  Click ZOOM to activate the Auto Focus mode every time zoom is adjusted. Iris Adjustment Click CLOSE or OPEN to control the brightness of the image. Or click RESET to go back to the default value. 3.1.2 Function buttons on Home page Button...
  • Page 12 PD910 Full Screen Click the Full Screen button to set the image display size to full screen. Alternatively, right-click the live video pane and select Fullscreen to go full screen. To exit full screen mode: click Esc on the keyboard, or ...
  • Page 13: System

    Web interface Set Center Mode Right-click the live video pane and select Set Center Mode. Now you can position the area of interest in the center of the live video pane by clicking on the point of interest. To leave the Set Center Mode, right-click the live video pane again and select Set Emulated Joystick Mode.
  • Page 14: Security

    PD910 Time format Choose a time format (yyyy/mm/dd or dd/mm/yyyy) from the drop-down menu. The date and time format displayed in the top right corner of the live video pane will be changed accordingly. Sync with Computer Time Select this option to synchronize the video date and time with the date and time of the PC.
  • Page 15: Https

    Web interface Manage user Delete user  Pull down the User name drop-down list and select the user that you wish to delete. Click the Delete button to remove the selected name. Edit user  Pull down the User name drop-down list and select the user you wish to edit. Click the Edit button and a pop-up window will appear.
  • Page 16: Ip Filter

    PD910 Install Signed Certificate Click the Create Certificate Request button to create and submit a certificate request in order to obtain a signed certificate from a CA. Provide the requested information in the create dialog. Refer to Provide the Certificate Information below for more details.
  • Page 17: Ieee 802.1X

    Web interface Example: Filtering a group of consecutive IP addresses  The steps below show what will be filtered when 192.168.2.81/30 is entered. Step 1: Convert 192.168.2.81 to binary numbers. The binary numbers are 11000000.10101000.00000010.01010001. Refer to Appendix B: IP Addresses from Decimal to Binary for converting the IP addresses to binary numbers.
  • Page 18: Network

    OK button and the camera system will be restarted. A new IP address will be assigned to the camera. Close the web browser and search the camera using the Siqura Device Manager tool, which can be downloaded at https://siqura.com. Refer to the steps below to connect the camera with the SDM2 software.
  • Page 19: Qos

    Web interface Run the SDM2 program. After the SDM2 window has appeared, click the Edit and Manual Scan for Devices menu option to manually search for the camera based on the IP address, if known. All the found IP devices will be listed on the page automatically if the Device auto detection is enabled.
  • Page 20: Snmp

    PD910 DSCP Settings The DSCP value lies in the range of 0 to 63. The default DSCP value is 0, which means DSCP is disabled. The camera uses the following QoS Classes: VideoDSCP  The class consists of applications such as MJPEG over HTTP, RTP/RTSP and RTSP/HTTP.
  • Page 21: Upnp

    Web interface Traps for SNMP v1/ v2/ v3 Traps are used by the camera to send massages to a management system for important events or status changes. Enable Traps  Check the box to activate trap reporting. Trap address  Enter the IP address of the management server.
  • Page 22: Mail

    PD910 Provider Select a DDNS host from the provider list. Host name Enter the registered domain name in the field. Username/E-Mail Enter the username or E-mail required by the DDNS provider for authentication. Password/Key Enter the password or key required by the DDNS provider for authentication.
  • Page 23 Web interface Alarm Switch Select the alarm pin to be configured from the drop-down menu. The default setting for the Alarm Switch function is Off. Select On to enable the function. You can also activate the function in accordance with the schedule previously set in the Schedule setting pane.
  • Page 24: Motion Detection

    PD910 For instance, if the custom parameter is set to “action=1&group=2”, and the HTTP server name is “http://192.168.0.1/admin.php”, the notification will be sent to the HTTP server as “http://192.168.0.1/admin.php? action=1&group=2” when an alarm is triggered. Record Video Clip  Check this option and select a video recording storage type; SD Card or NAS (Network-Attached Storage). The alarm-triggered recording will be saved to the SD card or the NAS.
  • Page 25 Web interface Motion Detection By default, the Motion Detection function for each Motion Detection setting is set to Off. Select On to enable Motion Detection. You can also activate the function in accordance with the schedule previously set in the Schedule setting pane (see section 3.2.11).
  • Page 26 PD910 Time interval (sec) [0-7200]  Denotes the interval between each detected motion. The default interval is 10. Motion Indication Bar When the Motion Detection function is activated and motion is detected, the signals will be displayed on the motion indication bar.
  • Page 27: Network Failure Detection

    Web interface the alarm is released. Set the Image frequency as the upload frame rate. Enter a value between 1 and 15 (frames per second). Note: Make sure SMTP configuration has been completed. See section 3.2.5 for more details. Send HTTP Notification ...
  • Page 28: Periodical Event

    PD910 Detection Type Enter the IP device address and the period of the ping. The camera will ping the IP device every N minute(s). If it fails up to three times, the alarm will be triggered automatically. Set a value between 1 and 99 (minutes).
  • Page 29: Manual Trigger

    Web interface Note: The Pre-trigger buffer generally ranges from 1 to 20 frames. However, if the frame rate of MJPEG on the Streaming page (Video Configuration) is set to 6 or smaller, the range will change accordingly. Note: Make sure SMTP configuration has been completed. See section 3.2.5 for more details. File Name Enter a file name in the File name field, e.g.
  • Page 30 PD910 blank space. The images of the duration will be uploaded to FTP when the alarm input is triggered. Select Upload during the trigger active to continue uploading the image to FTP during the trigger active until the alarm is released. Set the Image frequency as the upload frame rate. Enter a value between 1 and 15 (frames per second).
  • Page 31: Audio Detection

    Web interface Add date/time suffix  File name: imageYYMMDD_HHNNSS_XX.jpg Y: Year, M: Month, D: Day H: Hour, N: Minute, S: Second X: Sequence Number Add sequence number suffix (no maximum value)  File name: imageXXXXXXX.jpg X: Sequence Number Add sequence number suffix up to# and then start over ...
  • Page 32 PD910 in the blank space. The images of the duration will be uploaded to FTP when the audio event occurs. Select Upload during the trigger active to continue uploading images to FTP during the trigger active until the event stops. Set the Image frequency as the upload frame rate. Enter a value between 1 and 15 (frames per second).
  • Page 33: Storage Management

    Web interface Overwrite  The original image in the FTP site will be overwritten by the newly uploaded file with a static filename. Save Click the Save button to confirm all Audio Detection settings. 3.2.9 Storage Management The Storage management category on the left gives access to the Storage management parameters. The Storage management button has a drop-down menu with the following items: SD Card ...
  • Page 34: Network Share (Nas)

    PD910 Sort  Click the Sort button, and the files in the Recording list will be listed in name and date order. The capital letter A / M / N / R / V / U at the beginning of the name denotes the type of recording (see below).
  • Page 35: Recording

    Web interface Sort  Click the Sort button, and the files in the Recording list will be listed in name and date order. The capital letter A/M/N / R/ V/ U at the beginning of name denotes the sort of recording as below. Initial Recording type Initial...
  • Page 36: Schedule

    PD910 To delete a schedule, select it from the list and click the Delete button. Disable Recording Schedule Select Disable to terminate the recording function. Click the Save button to confirm the selection. 3.2.11 Schedule The schedule category on the left gives access to the Schedule parameters.
  • Page 37: File Location (Snapshots And Web Recording)

    Web interface Note: You must select By schedule in the parameter setting page of each feature to enable the schedule function. 3.2.12 File Location (Snapshots and Web Recording) The File Location category on the left gives access to the file location parameters. You can specify a storage location on the PC or the hard drive for the snapshots and the live video recordings.
  • Page 38: Software Version

    Click the Windows Start button and activate the Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, double-click the Add or Remove Programs button. A window with the currently installed programs will pop up. Select Siqura Viewer in the list and click the Remove button to uninstall the existing Viewer.
  • Page 39: Streaming

    Web interface Export Files You can save the system settings by exporting a configuration file (.bin) to a specific location for future use. Click the Export button. The File Download window will pop up. Click the Save button and specify a location for saving the configuration file.
  • Page 40: Video Configuration (Video Format & Resolution)

    PD910 3.3.1 Video Configuration (Video Format & Resolution) The Video Configuration category on the left gives access to the video configuration parameters. Encoding Select Yes from the drop-down menu to enable Stream 2~Stream 4 encoding. Or select No to disable the streaming encoding.
  • Page 41: Video Rotation

    Web interface Profile You can set H.265/H.264 Profile to High Profile or Main Profile, depending on the compression needs. With the same bit rate, the higher the compression ratio, the better the image quality. The default setting is Main Profile. Note: Make sure the higher compression ratio is supported by the system before setup.
  • Page 42: Video Ocx Protocol

    PD910 Include Image  Check the box to enable image display on the live video pane. Select the alignment position (left or right) for the image from the drop-down list. Include azimuth  Check the box to enable azimuth display on the live video pane and set the azimuth alignment position. Azimuth shows the pan/tilt degree and the shooting position of the camera, such as NE 050/00 (“NE”...
  • Page 43: Camera

    Web interface Bit Rate Selectable audio transmission bit rates include 16 kbps, 24 kbps, 32 kbps, 40 kbps, uLAW (64kbps), ALAW (64kbps), AAC (128 kbps), PCM (128 kbps), PCM (256 kbps), PCM (384 kbps) and PCM (768 kbps). Higher bit rates will offer a higher audio quality and require bigger bandwidth.
  • Page 44: Exposure

    PD910 3.4.1 Exposure In the Exposure page, you can select the Full Auto mode or adjust the parameter of the P-Iris Priority, Iris Priority and Shutter Priority mode for optimized video output in accordance with the operating environment. Auto Mode Max Gain ...
  • Page 45: Picture Adjustment

    Web interface ATW Mode (Auto Tracing White Balance) With the Auto Tracking White Balance function, the white balance in a scene will automatically be adjusted when the temperature color changes. The ATW Mode is suitable for environments with a light source having a color temperature in the range of roughly 2500K to 10000K.
  • Page 46: Ir Function

    PD910 Sharpness The sharpness level of the images can be set to a value between +0 and +15. The edge of the objects is enhanced as the sharpness level increases. Contrast The contrast level of the images can be set to a value between -6 and +19.
  • Page 47: Noise Reduction

    Web interface 3.4.5 Noise Reduction The camera provides multiple Noise Reduction options for delivering optimized image quality, especially in extra low light conditions. 3DNR With the 3D Noise Reduction function, the processor analyzes the differences between successive frames to adjust pixels and improve image quality.
  • Page 48: Profile

    PD910 Note: The Digital Zoom function and the Privacy Mask-Zoom Factor function will be disabled when the Image Stabilizer function is activated. 3.4.10 Profile The Camera Profile function allows you to configure the desired image parameters for specific environments with different time schedules.
  • Page 49: Preset

    Web interface PTZ page 3.5.1 Preset The camera supports up to 256 Preset Points. Preset Setting Follow these steps to set up a Preset Point: Move the cursor to the live view pane. Left-click and drag the red pointer with the PTZ controls to the desired position and adjust the fine zoom / focus ratio.
  • Page 50: Auto Pan

    PD910 Cruise Run Select the programmed Cruise Path from the drop-down list and click the Run button. The camera will start touring around as recorded. To view the camera touring in full screen mode, move the cursor to the live view pane, right-click and left-click to select Fullscreen.
  • Page 51: Home Function

    Web interface Sequence Run Select the configured Sequence Line from the drop-down list and click the Go button. The camera will start moving forward each scene sequentially as programmed. To view the camera executing a Sequence Line in full screen mode, move the cursor to the live view pane, right-click and left-click to select Fullscreen.
  • Page 52 PD910 Set Switch to On and click the Set button to activate the Privacy Mask function. Select a color for the mask from the Color drop-down list and click the Set button to apply the color setting. Enter the mask number, e.g. 17. If a Zoom Factor is needed, select On to enable it. Then, click the Add button and a privacy mask will be displayed on the live video pane on the right.
  • Page 53: Ptz Setting

    Web interface 3.5.8 PTZ Setting Flip You can continuously track an object when it passes under the camera by setting Flip to Mechanical (M.E.) mode. Note: The Flip setting can only be controlled manually. If a Preset Position or a point for another function (e.g. Sequence) is set at a position that can only be reached by FLIP motion, and the Flip function is turned off, the position cannot be reached anymore.
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  • Page 55: Appendix A: Install Upnp Components

    Appendix A: Install UpnP Components Follow these instructions to install UPnP components on Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 7: Open the Window s Control Panel and double-click Add or Remove Programs. Click Add/Remove Windows Components in the Add or Remove Programs window. Select Networking Services from the Components list in the Windows Components Wizard window and then click Details.
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  • Page 57: Appendix B: Addresses From Decimal To Binary

    Appendix B: Addresses from decimal to binary Follow the example below to convert IP addresses to binary numbers. Use the calculator on your computer (Start> All Programs> Accessories> Calculator) for conversion. For Windows XP and Windows Vista, click View on the calculator and click Scientific. ...
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  • Page 59: Appendix C: Jpg Picture Pull Authentication

    Appendix C: JPG Picture Pull Authentication Follow these instructions to enable/disable the required authentication for the JPG pictures pull function: Configure one of the video stream to MJPEG in the camera and then use the Google Chrome browser to enter the below API command to enable or disable the required JPG picture pull authentication: API Command to Enable Required Authentication: ...
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  • Page 61: Appendix D: Rtsp Video Streams Url

    Appendix D: RTSP Video Streams URL Use the following command to establish an RTSP video stream connection to each of the available video transmissions in the PD910 camera: rtsp://ip_address:port_number/streamx, where x corresponds to each stream channel 1 to 4. Example: Video stream 1 ...
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