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User Manual V922B-W551-A1 Network Bullet Camera XX286-10-00 Vicon Industries Inc. does not warrant that the functions contained in this equipment will meet Vicon Industries Inc. your requirements or that the operation will be entirely error free or perform precisely as Tel: 631-952-2288) Fax: 631-951-2288 described in the documentation.
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WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC OBJECTS THROUGH THE VENTILATION GRILLS OR OTHER OPENINGS ON EQUIPMENT. CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK)
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FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC INFORMATION: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
1 Introduction Vicon’s V922B-W551MIR-A1 HD IP Bullet Camera is designed for performance in the most demanding security installations. The 1080p megapixel camera delivers crisp clear images to fit any installation need. It includes a 5-51 mm motorized varifocal autoiris lens and IR illuminators;...
1.2 Key Features • Brilliant video quality The network camera offers the highly efficient H.264 video compression, which drastically reduces bandwidth and storage requirements without compromising image quality. Motion JPEG is also supported for increased flexibility. • Wide Dynamic Range The network camera provides true WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) that improves video exposure quality in scenes with high contrast between bright and dark areas in the video, for example a shady area and a sunny area in the same scene.
2 Installation For the operation of the network bullet camera, it is necessary to connect a network cable for data transmission and power connection from customer-supplied power adapter. Depending on operation methods, it is possible to connect an alarm cable additionally. 2.1 Overview ...
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Installing the Sunshield To mount the sunshield provided to the bullet camera, secure it to the camera/sunshield mounting hole with the screw and washer provided in the accessory kit. Refer to the Figure below. Installing Camera To mount the bullet camera, fix the base of the camera with the three screws provided in the accessory kit.
2.2 Connections Extension Cable Item Description Ethernet, RJ-45 port compatible with RJ-45 10/100Mbps PoE Modular Jack DC Jack Main Power, 12 VDC Input AI (alarm In) G (GND) Alarm input and output, 3pin terminal AO (Alarm Out) MIC (Audio In) Audio line input, 2pin terminal G (GND) SPK (Audio Out)
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Connect the device to the AO (Alarm Out) and G (Ground) connectors. Connecting the Power Connect the 12 VDC power for the network camera. Connect the positive (+) pole to the ‘+’ position and the negative (-) pole to the ‘-’ position for the DC power. –...
If DHCP is enabled and the product cannot be accessed, run the SmartManager utility, which can be found on Vicon’s website, to search and allocate an IP address, or reset the product to the factory default settings and then perform the installation again.
3 Operation The network camera can be used with Windows® operating system and browsers. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer®, Safari®, Firefox®, Opera® and Google® Chrome® with Windows. NOTE: To view streaming video in Microsoft Internet Explorer, set your browser to allow ActiveX controls.
3.2 Access from the internet Once connected, the network camera is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the network camera from the Internet you must configure your broadband router to allow incoming data traffic to the network camera. To do this, enable the NAT traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically configure the router to allow access to the network camera.
3.4 Live View Page The Live View page comes in several screen modes: 1920x1080, 1280x1024, 1280x720(960), 1024x768, 704x480(576), 640x480(360) and 320x240. Users are allowed to select the most suitable one out of those modes. Adjust the mode in accordance with your PC specifications and monitoring purposes.
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2) Control toolbar The live viewer toolbar is available in the web browser page only. It displays the following buttons: The Stop button stops the video stream being played. Pressing the key again toggles the play and stop. The Play button connects to the network camera or starts playing a video stream. The Pause button pauses the video stream being played.
3.5 Playback The Playback window contains a list of recordings made to the memory card. It shows each recording’s start time, length, the event type used to start the recording, calendar and time slice bar indicates if the recording is existed or not. The description of playback window follows.
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3) Time Chart Display an hour-based search screen for the chosen date. If there is recording data, a blue section will be displayed on a 24-hour basis. If you select a particular hour in the chart, a yellow square on the hour will be displayed. 4) Speaker Control Bar Use this scale to control the volume of the speakers.
3.6 Network Camera Setup This section describes how to configure the network camera. Administrator has unrestricted access to all the Setup tools, whereas Operators have access to the settings of Basic Configuration, which are Live View, Video & Image, Audio, Event, Dome Configuration and System.
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1) Users User access control is enabled by default. The administrator can set up other users, by giving user names and passwords. It is also possible to allow anonymous viewer login, which means that anybody may access the Live View page, as described below: The user list displays the authorized users and user groups (levels): User Group Authority...
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2) Network The network camera supports both IP version 4 and IP version 6. Both versions may be enabled simultaneously, and at least one version must always be enabled. When using IPv4, the IP address for the network camera can be set automatically via DHCP, or a static IP address can be set manually.
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3) Video & Image User can setup and change setting of individual video streams in this page. Please refer to “Video & Image > Basic” for more details about Video & Image setup.
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4) Audio The network camera can transmit audio to other clients using an external microphone and can play audio received from other clients by attaching a speaker. User can setup and change setting of Audio in this page. Please refer to “Audio” for more details about Audio setup. 5) Date &...
3.6.2 Live View • Video Input Mode: – Video Mode: Choose Video Mode you wish to use from the drop-down list: NTSC or PAL NOTE: This function may not be applicable, depending on the model.
3.6.3 Video & Image 1) Basic • Sensor Setting: – Capture mode: User can select sensor capture mode between 1920x1080 at 30 fps or 60 fps in full-HD resolution. If 60 fps is selected, Stream 3 is disabled and hidden in the window.
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For the purpose of general monitoring, please do not change a basic value. Such act may cause a problem to the system performance. Vicon recommends that GOP be the same as the fps. • Stream 2 Setting: Sometimes the image size is large due to low light or complex scenery.
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2) Auto Focus • Mode: Determines focus operation method. – Auto: Auto Focus is always active. – Manual: User can manually focus the camera when camera is not moving. Auto Focus becomes active when camera moves and about 5 seconds after movement stops. –...
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3) Privacy Masking The privacy masking function allows selected parts of the video image being transmitted to be masked from view. Up to sixteen privacy masks can be set. The privacy masks are configured by mask windows. Click and drag mouse to designate a mask window area.
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4) Camera Setup From this page, user can setup Exposure Control, White Balance Control, Image Appearance, and Day & Night and IR Control. • Video Preview: User can check the setting via video preview pop-up window...
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• Exposure Control – Mode: Select exposure mode between automatic and manual. For automatic mode, at least Shutter or Iris should be set to automatic. For manual mode, both Shutter and Iris become fixed. – Max. gain: Sets maximum gain when in Automatic Mode, Low, Middle or High. –...
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• White Balance Control – Mode: Select one of five white balance modes that most fits camera installation location environment. – User can separately set R Gain and B Gain in manual mode. – R Gain: red color gain in the range of 1 - 255 with default value 100. –...
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• Day & Night Control User can select Day & Night control from three modes: Automatic, Day and Night. This menu operates when Enable IR is off. – Mode: * Automatic: Normally displays color image (day) and switches automatically to black & white image (night) after the ambient light level reaches a pre-defined threshold.
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• IR Control This camera is equipped with IR illuminators. User can setup IR illuminator related controls. – Enable IR: Check this box to enable IR operation. If the box is unchecked, the IR illuminators are off. – Mode: * Always: Activates the IR illuminators. Always displays black & white image. * Automatic: Synchronizes with the built-in brightness sensor of the camera.
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5) OSD This camera provides two OSDs (On Screen Display) for each stream, title and date & time. User can drag green “OSD Title” and “Date & Time” to the desired position and check at preview window. • Video Preview: User can check the position of OSD on actual video via preview popup window.
3.6.4 Audio The network camera can transmit audio to other clients using an external microphone and can play audio received from other clients by attaching a speaker. The Setup page has an additional menu item called Audio, which allows different audio configurations, such as full duplex and simplex. •...
3.6.5 Event 1) Event In ▽ On Boot This is used to trigger an event every time the network camera is started. Select “Enable on boot” to activate the On Boot event. Enter the Dwell time the event lasts from the point of detection, 1-180 seconds. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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▽ Alarm In This camera provides one (1) Alarm In port and user can set the port. The Port can be set as Normally Open or Normally Closed state, and its Normal state can be configured. To activate the alarm port, check the “Enable alarm port 1” first. •...
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▽ Manual Trigger This option makes use of the manual trigger button provided on the Live View page, which is used to start or stop the event type manually. Alternatively, the event can be triggered via the product’s API (Application Programming Interface). Select “Enable manual trigger”...
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▽ Motion Motion detection is used to generate an alarm whenever movement occurs (or stops) in the video image. This option provides 16 programmable areas, 8 Include and 8 Exclude zones. Click right mouse button on the preview window to display selection pop-up of New Motion, New Mask, Select, Delete, and Freeze.
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▽ Museum Search Museum Search is used to find video where a defined amount of change in a region of interest is detected. The amount of change in a scene’s region of interest that will be searched for is defined using the Threshold and Sensitivity, as described below.
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▽ Network Loss This is used to trigger an event every time the network connection fails. Select “Enable network loss” to activate the Network Loss event. Select a dwell time for how long the event will last from the point of detection. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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▽ Tampering This is used to trigger an event when camera tampering occurs, for example, obstructing the camera view or moving the camera direction with external force. Select “Enable tampering” to activate the Tampering event. • Dwell time: Determine how long the event will last from the point of detection. •...
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▽ VCA The network cameras provide VCA (Video Content Analysis) functions of “Line Detector” and “Field Detector”. • Video Content Analysis Setting: Check Enable video content analysis box to use a VCA function. At least one preset position must exist in order to setup VCA function. –...
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– Detection Rule: User can assign up to 3 different rules for each preset position. * Line Detector: Once selected, a red line appears on the video preview window. Drag and drop the line at the desired position. User can change the length and the slope by dragging each end of the line.
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▽ Face Detector This is used to detect a human face in the scene to trigger event with a bounding box for the detected face. Select “Enable face detector” to activate the Face Detector. Set threshold for detection sensitivity. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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▽ AIHM AIHM (Advanced Intelligent Health Monitoring) triggers an event when an abnormality of the camera occurs. • AIHM Setting: Select “Enable AIHM” to activate the AIHM function. – Enable record status check: Trigger event if the record status is modified. –...
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▽ Time Trigger Time Trigger is to set alarms at a specific time. User can set up to four time triggers and each time trigger can be set to a specific date in the calendar, every day, day of the week, or date of every month.
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2) Event Out ▽ SMTP(E-Mail) The network camera can be configured to send event and error email messages via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). • SMTP (E-Mail) Setting: Select “Enable SMTP” to activate the SMTP operation. – Sender: Enter an email address to be used as the sender for all messages sent by the network camera.
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• SMTP (E-Mail) Test: User can check the SMTP setting via a sample email. – Receiver: Enter an email address and click the Test button to test that the mail servers are functioning and that the email address is valid. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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– Enable time folder: Create the folder in the FTP Server. * Time type: User can set the name of the folder where the uploaded image will be saved as the date, time and minute the event occurred. NOTE: Requires authority for creating the folder. •...
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▽ Alarm Out When the network camera detects an event, it can control external equipment connected to its alarm output port. • Enable alarm out: If selected, the output becomes activated for as long as the event is active. • Type: Select a type of NO (Normally Open) or NC (Normally Closed). When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings, or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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▽ Audio Alert When the network camera detects an event, it can output a predefined audio data to external speaker. Check the “Enable audio alert” box to enable the service. • Audio Alert Setting: To use the audio alert with the network camera, an audio data file made by user must be uploaded from your PC.
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▽ Record When the network camera detects an event, it can record the video stream onto the Micro SD Memory (not supplied) or NAS (Network Attached Device) as a storage device. Check the “Enable Record” box to enable the service. •...
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– SD: Mounted SD card. – CIFS: A file format for a NAS device. – NFS: A file format for a NAS device. NOTE 1: Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a remote file access protocol that forms the basis for Windows file sharing, network printing, and various other network services. CIFS requires a large number of request/response transactions and its performance degrades significantly over high-latency WAN links such as the Internet.
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▽ XML Notification When the network camera detects an event, Notification server is used to receive notification messages as a type of XML data format. Check the box to enable the service. • XML Notification Setting: – Notification server URL: The network address to the server and the script that will handle the request.
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▽ Notification Server When the network camera detects an event, the Notification Server is used to receive uploaded image files and/or notification messages. Check the box to enable the service. • Notification Server Setting: – Type: User can select message transmission type among HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, and UTP. –...
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3) Event Map The event map allows you to change the settings and establish a schedule for each event trigger from the network camera; up to a max. 15 events can be registered. Click the Add button to make a new event map; a popup window displays as below. To change an existing event, select that event and click the Modify button;...
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• General: Enter the name for a new event map. • Event In: Select an event type in the drop-down list. • Event Out: – E-mail: Select the email addresses you want to notify via email that an event has occurred. –...
3.6.6 Device Configuration 1) System Menu • Dome Information: The system information provides essential information about the dome if service is required. The information cannot be modified. • Camera upgrade: User can upgrade camera module firmware remotely. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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3.6.7 System 1) Information You can enter the system information. This page is very useful when you require device information after installation. • Device Name Configuration: Enter the device name. • Location Configuration: Enter the location information. You can enter up to four locations. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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2) Security ▽ Users User access control is enabled by default when the administrator sets the password on first access. New users can be added and are authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can choose to allow anonymous viewer login to the Live View page, as described below: •...
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▽ HTTPS For greater security, the network camera can be configured to use HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL (Secure Socket Layer)). Then all communication that would otherwise go via HTTP will instead go via an encrypted HTTPS connection. • HTTPS Connection Policy: Choose the form of connection you wish to use from the drop- down list for the Administrator, Operator and Viewer to enable HTTPS connection (set to HTTP by default).
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▽ IP Filtering Checking the Enable IP filtering box allows the IP address filtering function. When the IP address filter is enabled, addresses added to the list are set as Allow or Deny addresses. All other IP addresses not in this list will then be allowed or denied access accordingly, that is, if the addresses in the list are allowed, then all others are denied access, and vice versa.
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▽ OpenVPN OpenVPN is a Virtual Private Network using OpenSSL authentication. User can set the camera in either Server mode or Client mode. • OpenVPN Server Mode 1. Checking the Enable openVPN activates mode selection buttons. Choose Server mode; the Server Mode Configuration fields appear where so Server Mode Settings can be configured.
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• OpenVPN Client Mode 1. Checking the Enable openVPN activates mode selection buttons. Choose Client mode; the Client Mode Configuration fields appear so the Client Mode Settings can be configured. 2. In Client Mode Configuration, setup Server URL, Protocol type, Port number, LZO usage, and Renegotiation time.
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3) Date & Time • Current Server Time: This displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be displayed in 12h clock format (see below). • New Server Time: – Time zone: Select your time zone from the drop-down list. If you want the server clock to automatically adjust for daylight savings time, check the box “Automatically adjusts for daylight saving time changes”.
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4) Network ▽ Basic • IP Address Configuration: – Obtain IP address via DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that lets network administrators centrally manage and automate the assignment of IP addresses on a network. DHCP is enabled by default. Although a DHCP server is mostly used to set an IP address dynamically, it is also possible to use it to set a static, known IP address for a particular MAC address.
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following: * Domain name: Enter the domain(s) to search for the host name used by the network camera. Multiple domains can be separated by semicolons (;). The host name is always the first part of a Fully Qualified Domain Name, for example, myserver is the host name in the Fully Qualified Domain Name myserver.mycompany.com where mycompany.com is the Domain name.
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▽ DDNS • Internet DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service): When using the high-speed Internet with the telephone or cable network, users can operate the network camera on the floating IP environment in which IPs are changed at every access. Users should receive an account and password by visiting a DDNS service like http://www.dyndns.com/.
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▽ RTP Create a setting for sending and receiving an audio or video on a real-time basis. These settings are the IP address, port number, and Time-To-Live value (TTL) to use for the media stream(s) in multicast H.264 format. Only certain IP addresses and port numbers should be used for multicast streams.
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▽ UPnP The network camera includes support for UPnP. UPnP is enabled by default, so the network camera is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. Enter a name in the Friendly name field. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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▽ QoS Quality of Service (QoS) provides the means to guarantee a certain level of a specified resource to selected traffic on a network. Quality can be defined as a maintained level of bandwidth, low latency, and no packet losses. The main benefits of a QoS-aware network are: 1.
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▽ NAT (Port Mapping) A broadband router allows devices on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the Internet. This is done by forwarding network traffic from the private network to the outside, that is, the Internet. Security on the private network (LAN) is increased since most broadband routers are pre-configured to stop attempts to access the private network (LAN) from the public network/Internet.
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▽ Zeroconf Zero configuration networking (zeroconf) is a set of techniques that automatically creates a usable Internet Protocol (IP) network without manual operator intervention or special configuration servers. Zero configuration networking allows devices such as computers and printers to connect to a network automatically.
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▽ Bonjour The network camera includes support for Bonjour. When enabled, the network camera is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. Click the check box to enable Bonjour. Enter a name in the Friendly name field. NOTE: Also known as zero-configuration networking, Bonjour enables devices to automatically discover each other on a network, without having to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.
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5) Language Select a user language. The language choices are English, Korean, French, German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese. When the settings are complete, click Save button to save the settings or click Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
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6) Maintenance • Maintenance: – Restart: The unit is restarted without changing any of the settings. Use this method if the unit is not behaving as expected. – Reset: The unit is restarted and most current settings are reset to factory default values. The settings that are not affected are: * the boot protocol (DHCP or static) * the static IP address...
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7) Support The support page provides valuable information on troubleshooting and contact information, should you require technical assistance. • Logs: The network camera supports system and event log information. Click the System Log button to get the system log data or the Event Log button to get information on events. •...
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– Media Check: Click the Media Check button to get the information about the camera’s video and audio stream. The pop-up window below displays. – Network Check: Click the Network Check button to get the information about the cameras network setting and traffic. The pop-up window below displays.
3.7 Help The Help information window will be provided as a popup window so that users can open and read it without needing to log-in. It will offer a description of the setting and Help page so that users can manipulate the network camera without a reference to the manual.
3.8 Resetting to the factory default settings To reset the network camera to the original factory settings, go to the Setup > System > Maintenance web page (described in “System > Maintenance” of Users Manual) or use the Reset button on the network camera inside the bottom cap. •...
A Appendix A.1 Troubleshooting If problems occur, verify the installation of the network camera with the instructions in this manual and with other operating equipment. Isolate the problem to the specific piece of equipment in the system and refer to the equipment manual for further information. Problems/Symptoms Possible Causes or Corrective Actions The camera cannot be...
A.2 Alarm Connection The following connection diagram gives an example of how to connect a network camera. A.3 Preventive Maintenance Preventive maintenance allows detection and correction of minor faults that occur before they become serious and cause equipment failure. Every three-month, perform the following maintenance. 1.
A.4 System Requirement for Web Browser • Operating System: Microsoft Windows OS Series • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or higher, 1GB RAM or more, 10GB free disk or higher • VGA: AGP, Video RAM 32MB or higher (1024x768, 24bpp or higher) A.5 General Performance Considerations When setting up your system, it is important to consider how various settings and situations will affect performance.
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Shipping Instructions Use the following procedure when returning a unit to the factory: Call or write Vicon for a Return Authorization (R.A.) at one of the locations listed below. Record the name of the Vicon employee who issued the R.A.
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“autopan” or “tour” modes of operation. Such continuous operation is outside the scope of this warranty. 11. Any product sold as “special” or not listed in Vicon’s commercial price list: One year from date of original retail purchase.
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THE TERMS OF THIS WARRANTY APPLY ONLY TO SALES MADE WHILE THIS WARRANTY IS IN EFFECT. THIS WARRANTY SHALL BE OF NO EFFECT IF AT THE TIME OF SALE A DIFFERENT WARRANTY IS POSTED ON THE COMPANY’S WEBSITE, WWW.VICON-SECURITY.COM. IN THAT EVENT, THE TERMS OF THE POSTED WARRANTY SHALL APPLY EXCLUSIVELY.
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