For paragraphs preceded by completely the warnings. Ignoring the warnings may result in serious hazards or injuries. This also ensures the product is used properly as the reader should use caution to understand - 2 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532...
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Get server parameter values ... 48 Set server parameter values ... 49 Available parameters on the server ... 51 Application page CGI command ... 62 Capture single snapshot ... 64 Account management ... 65 System logs... 66 - 4 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532...
UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length. Connect the power adapter jack to the Network Camera before plugging in to the power socket. This will reduce the risk of accidental electric shock. - 7 - www.vivotek.com...
Network Cameras in the local network. Users can differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number. The serial number is printed on the labels on the carton and the back of the Network Camera body. Please refer to the user’s manual of Installation Wizard for detail. - 8 - www.vivotek.com...
“root”. Once the password is changed, the browser will display an authentication window to ask for the new password. Once the password is set, there is no provision to recover the Administrator’s password. The - 9 - www.vivotek.com...
The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails. The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience. This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason. - 10 - www.vivotek.com...
Users may click on to proceed. If the web browser does not allow the user to continue to install, check the Internet security option and lower the security levels or contact your IT or networking supervisor for help. - 11 - www.vivotek.com...
The main page layout has two parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page. - 12 - www.vivotek.com...
Uncheck “Disable digital zoom” and use the slider control to change the zoom factors. Snapshot Click on “Snapshot”, web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot. Users can point at the snapshot and click the right button of mouse to save it. - 13 - www.vivotek.com...
The user may click on to install the plug-in. If the web browser does not allow the user to complete the installation, check the Internet security to lower the security level or contact your IT or networking supervisor. - 14 - www.vivotek.com...
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PC and will be used for the next connection. If the network environment is changed, or the user wants to let the web browser to detect again, manually select the UDP protocol, save, and return HOME to - 15 - www.vivotek.com...
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<url> http://<Network Camera>/client.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera. - 16 - www.vivotek.com...
“Maximum frame rate”, “Constant bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Audio and Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible. For Viewing by Mobile Phone Most 3GPP cell phone supports media streaming with MPEG4 video and GSM-AMR - 17 - www.vivotek.com...
Somewhere Between Real-time and Clear Images If you have a broadband network, set “Fix quality” at ”Normal” or better, rather than setting “Fix bit rate”. You can also fix the bandwidth according to your actual network - 18 - www.vivotek.com...
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Start from 30 fps down for best results but not below 15 fps. If the image qualities are not improved, select a lower bandwidth setting. - 19 - www.vivotek.com...
This password is used to identify the administrator. Then add an account with user name and password for your friends in ○ accounts for your valuable customers or friends. You may delete some users from ○ . Network Camera can provide twenty - 20 - to enable protection. www.vivotek.com...
12.Set the delay before detecting next motion to avoid continuous false alarms following the original event, 13.Set the number of pre-event and post-event images to be uploaded, 14.Check the window name set in step 5, 15.Check the way to upload snapshot, Click on save to validate. - 21 - www.vivotek.com...
Software revision upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site of Vivotek. An easy-to-use Upgrade Wizard is provided to upgrade the Network Camera with just a few clicks. The upgrade function is opened to the Administrator only. To upgrade the system, follow the procedures below.
URL, read the reference appendix for details. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/config.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/system.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 23 - www.vivotek.com...
"Time zone" Adjust the time with that of the time-servers for local settings. “Update interval” Select hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly update with the time on the NTP server. Remember to click on to immediately validate the changes. Otherwise, the correct time will not be synchronized. - 24 - www.vivotek.com...
The new user will be displayed in the user name list. There is a maximum of twenty user accounts. “Manager user” Pull down the user list to find the user’s name and press complete. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/security.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 25 - www.vivotek.com...
“Enable UPnP presentation” Enable the UPnP camera short cut “Enable UPnP port forwarding” Enable uPnP port forwarding “PPPoE” If using the PPPoE interface , fill the following settings from ISP “User name” The login name of PPPoE account - 26 - www.vivotek.com...
“http://192.168.0.100:8080” instead of “http://192.168.0.100”. RTSP Streaming “Access name” This is the access URL for making connection from client software. Using rtsp://<ip address>/<access name> to make connection “RTSP port” This can be other than the default Port 554 - 27 - www.vivotek.com...
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<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/network.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 28 - www.vivotek.com...
▶ “Shared” – allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP settings. “Key length” The administrator can select the key length among 64 or 128 bits. 64bits is the default setting. “Key format” Hexadecimal or ASCII. “HEX” is the default setting. - 29 - www.vivotek.com...
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Some invalid settings may cause the system failing to respond. Change the configuration only if necessary and consult with your network supervisor or experienced users for correct settings. Once the system has lost contact, refer to Appendix A for reset and restore procedures. - 30 - www.vivotek.com...
“Password/Key” Please input the password or key to get the DDNS service. “Save” Click on this button to save current settings for the DDNS service and UPnP function. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/ddns.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 32 - www.vivotek.com...
Delete button. Both the Allow List and Deny List can have 20 entries. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/accesslist.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 33 - www.vivotek.com...
Consequently, to ensure detailed video quality (quantization rate) regardless of the network, it will utilize more bandwidth to send the maximal frames when images change drastically. Video orientation “Flip” Vertically rotate the video. - 34 - www.vivotek.com...
“Mirror” Horizontally rotate the video. Check options both if the Network Camera is installed upside down. “White balance” Adjust the value for best color temperature. Audio settings “mute” Audio mute “Audio type” Select audio codec “AAC” or “GSM-AMR” and the bit rate <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/audiovideo.html - 35 - www.vivotek.com...
“Contrast” fields the value 0 indicates auto tuning. The user may press fine-tune the image. When the image is O.K., press to set the image settings. the original settings without incorporating the changes. - 36 - Click on this to recall www.vivotek.com...
The network camera will use primary server as default , and use secondary server when primary server is unreachable. “Server address” The domain name or the IP address of the external FTP server. The following user settings must be correctly configured for remote access. - 37 - www.vivotek.com...
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Refer to the instructions for the external FTP server for details. The folder privilege must be open for upload. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/mailftp.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 38 - www.vivotek.com...
Higher sensitivity and small percentage will allow easier motion detection. The following figure shows the screen when is clicked. The monitoring window has been outlined in red and the graphic bar goes red since the goldfish is moving. - 39 - www.vivotek.com...
There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name. Select the windows which need to be monitored. If motion detection has not been set up, “undefined” will be shown instead of the window title. If this happens, clicking on - 40 - www.vivotek.com...
JPEG image was captured in the year 2003, January the 2 , at 3 o’clock, 4 minute, and 5 second. If this suffix is omitted, the file named “video.jpg” on the external FTP server will be refreshed at the specified interval. - 41 - www.vivotek.com...
Check “Enable remote log” and input the “IP address” and “port” number of the log server to enable the remote log facility. In the “Current log”, it displays the current system log file. The content of the log provides useful information about configuration and connection after system boot- up. - 44 - www.vivotek.com...
Viewing system parameters Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system’s parameter set. The content is the same as those in CONFIG.INI. - 45 - www.vivotek.com...
Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be reset to the initial factory settings. The system will restart and require the installer program to set up the network again. “upgrade firmware” Select the firmware file and click upgrade button - 46 - www.vivotek.com...
Blink blue every second and fast blink red RESET: Click on the button. RESTORE: 1. Press on the button continuously. 2. Wait for self-diagnostic to run twice. 3. Free the button as soon as the second self-diagnostic starts. - 47 - www.vivotek.com...
When query parameter values, the current parameter value are returned. Successful control requests returns paramter pairs as follows. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: <length>\r\n \r\n <parameter pair> where <parameter pair> is <parameter>=<value>\r\n [<parameter pair>] - 48 - www.vivotek.com...
Redirect to the page <return page> after the parameter is assigned. The <return page> can be a full URL path or relative path according the the current path. If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an empty page. - 49 - parameter www.vivotek.com...
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\r\n network.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n (note: The return page can be a general HTML file(.htm, .html) or a Vivotek server script executable (.vspx) file. It can not be a CGI command. It can not have any extra parameters. This parameter must be put at end of parameter list) - 50 - www.vivotek.com...
NTP automatic update interval. <0> 12 characters mac address without hyphen connected string shorter The version of firmware, including model, company, and version number Restore the system parameters to default value. - 51 - www.vivotek.com...
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<blank> - only permit to view live media conf – Permit to change server’s configuration <blank> The current account number on the server including root.<1> DESCRIPTION PPPoE PPPoE account user name <blank> PPPoE account password <blank> - 52 - www.vivotek.com...
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<blank> User name of primary smtp server <blank> Password of primary smtp server <blank> secondary SMTP server <blank> mail recipient address <blank> User name of secondary smtp server <blank> Password of secondary smtp server <blank> - 53 - www.vivotek.com...
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<blank> password for secondary FTP server <blank> upload folder in secondary FTP server <blank> Enable passive mode of primary FTP server Disable passive mode of primary FTP server less HTTP port <80> less RTSP port <554> - 54 - www.vivotek.com...
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WEP data encryption WPA-PSK data encryption Open mode Shared mode Key length in bits <64> Key1 ~ Key4 will be represented in HEX format Key1 ~ Key4 will be represented in ASCII format Default key number <1> - 55 - www.vivotek.com...
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AES data encryption algorithm for WPA-PSK WPA-PSK key for encryption <00000000> DESCRIPTION Allowed starting RTSP connection IP address <1.0.0.0> Allowed ending RTSP connection IP address <255.255.255.255> Denied starting RTSP connection IP address <blank> Denied ending RTSP connection IP address <blank> - 56 - www.vivotek.com...
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20K bps set bit rate to 30K bps set bit rate to 40K bps set bit rate to 50K bps set bit rate to 64K bps - 57 - www.vivotek.com...
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60Hz utility auto white balance fixed indoor(3200K) fixed fluorescent (5500K) fixed outdoor( > 5500K) flip image normal image mirror image normal image Overlay time stamp on video Do not overlay time stamp on video - 58 - www.vivotek.com...
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Adjust brightness of image according to mode settings. <0> Adjust saturation of image according to mode settings. <0> Adjust contrast of image according to mode settings. <0> Adjust hue of image according to mode settings. <0> - 59 - www.vivotek.com...
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Percent of motion detection window <0> Sensitivity of motion detection window <0> Update the above motion detection settings to take effect DESCRIPTION Enable or disable the dynamic dns. <0> dyndns.org (dynamic) dyndns.org (custom) tzo.com dhs.org safe100.net dyn-interfree.it - 60 - www.vivotek.com...
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Update the above ddns settings to take effect DESCRIPTION Enable or disable the UPNP presentation service. <1> DESCRIPTION Enable or disable the UPNP port forwarding service. <0> DESCRIPTION File name of script <script.vssx> Disable script Enable script - 61 - www.vivotek.com...
The numbers of snapshot before event The numbers of snapshot after event The delay seconds for detecting next motion event The interval seconds of sequential snapshot Send snapshot by mail Send snapshot by ftp Enable/Disable file name prefix - 64 - www.vivotek.com...
Add an account to server. When using this method, “username” field is necessary. It will use default value of other fields if not specified. Remove an account from server. When using this method, “username” field is necessary, and others are ignored. - 65 - www.vivotek.com...
Redirect to the page <return page> after the parameter is assigned. The <return page> can be a full URL path or relative path according the the current path. If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an empty page. - 66 - www.vivotek.com...
Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/configfile.cgi Server will return the up-to-date configuration file. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <configuration file length>\r\n \r\n <configuration data>\r\n Upgrade firmware Note: This request requires administrator privilege Method: POST Syntax: http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/upgrade.cgi - 67 - www.vivotek.com...
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Post data: fimage=<file name>[&return=<return page>]\r\n \r\n <multipart encoded form data> Server will accept the upload file named <file name> to be upgraded the firmware and return with <return page> if indicated. - 68 - www.vivotek.com...
Technology License Notice MPEG-4 AAC Technology THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 AAC AUDIO PATENT LICENSE. THIS PRODUCT MAY NOT BE DECOMPILED, REVERSE-ENGINEERED OR COPIED, EXCEPT REGARD TO PC SOFTWARE, YOU MAY MAKE SINGLE COPIES FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO HTTP://WWW.VIALICENSING.COM. MPEG-4 Visual Technology THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR (i) ENCODING...
B of EN55022/1998. Liability Vivotek Inc. cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. Vivotek Inc. makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the material contained within this document, including, but not limited to, the implied...
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