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Multi-Streaming Video Server
PV6901
User Manual
Version 1.0
Date: 06/24/2010
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  • Page 1 Multi-Streaming Video Server PV6901 User Manual Version 1.0 Date: 06/24/2010...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Notices ...........................3 Chapter 1........................5 Introduction........................5 Chapter 2........................6 Physical Images ......................6 PV6901 Video Server ....................6 Chapter 3........................- 7 - Installation......................... - 7 - Hardware Connection ..................- 7 - Software Installation ..................- 8 - Network Configuration ..................- 8 - Chapter 4........................13...

  • Page 3: Notices

    Notices This user manual is intended for administrators and users of the PiXORD PV6901 Series video server, including instructions for using and managing the camera on your network. The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use.
  • Page 4 PiXORD Corporation’s terms and conditions of sale supplied at the time of order acknowledgment. PiXORD is not responsible or liable for the resale of its products with statements different from or beyond the specification/parameters stated by PiXORD. Customers are responsible for their applications using PiXORD products.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1

    H.264 format concurrently with transmission of high quality stream to an optional storage. The audio stream can also be compressed and distributed over Intranet/Internet. Moreover PV6901 has 2 USB 2.0 host ports; with external storage connected the video/audio can be recorded locally. This device successfully provides the solution of...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2

    Chapter 2 Physical Images PV6901 Video Server COM/ GPIO LAN Port Reset hole USB Ports Power Jack Audio Output Video Input Video Output Audio Input NTSC/PAL Switch...

  • Page 7: Chapter 3

    Hardware Connection Prepare a PC with Ethernet link to the network Connect PV6901 device to a network hub/switch with standard pass through (CAT5) cable, or connect directly to PC with a cross over cable. Connect the video output of a CCD camera using standard 75 Ω coaxial cable terminated with BNC connector.

  • Page 8: Software Installation

    Software Installation The following software is necessary for the proper display and use of the PV6901 from the Web site. The software will be taken from the Software Package CD. IP Installer The IP Installer is used to locate and configure network cameras and video servers on the LAN. This utility is useful for conveniently configuring the network settings of the device, or for finding a device once the network settings have been modified.
  • Page 9 Web-based user interface of the device, the host PC must be in the same subnet. For more information about subnets, please consult your network administrator. Using IP Installer to Assign an IP Address to PV6901 Once IP Installer has been successfully installed on the PC, double click the IP Installer icon on the desktop, or select it from Start >...
  • Page 10 Click the menu bar Tool > Search Network Device to search the device in the LAN. From the list, select the device with the MAC Address that corresponds to the device that is to be configured. The MAC Address is identical to the unit’s S/N (Serial Number). Double click the item to open the Property Page for the selected device or click the menu bar View >...
  • Page 11 After filling in the properties, click [Set] button to complete the configuration settings in the remote PV6901 while saving configuration in the PC. Open the Web-based UI of the Selected PV6901 To access the Web-based UI of the selected unit, run the View > Open Web on the menu bar.
  • Page 12 Verify and Complete the Installation from Your Browser When browsing the Home Page at the first time with the Microsoft Internet Explorer , you must temporarily lower your security settings to perform a one-time-only installation of the ActiveX component onto your workstation, as described below: From the Tools menu, select [Internet Options] Click the [Security] tab and then click [Custom Level] button to see your current security settings.

  • Page 13: Chapter 4

    Using the Web UI Start your Web browser and enter the URL or IP address in the Address field. The Home page of the PV6901 is now displayed. Full screen: enlarge the video image to the current screen size. Listen: the audio sent from camera Talk: the audio sent to camera Record: record current live video images in “.avi”...
  • Page 14 Snapshot: Capture a still live image in JPEG format Rotation: Rotate the video image clockwise; with each click changing an angle of 90∘. Further configurations and options; a prominent button in between is used to expand the further operations. Not all buttons of function are described below. Options appear when specified in the configuration page.

  • Page 15: Video And Image Configuration

    Video and Image Configuration This section describes how to configure the video streaming from the device, and the related camera image configurations. Users with Administrator or Operator (see Users Settings) authority are intended for these configurations. Click on button to enter in the configuration pages. Video There are 3 tabs, General...
  • Page 16 General Video General Setting The list of video streams is provided for enable/disable selection. Stream1 is default enabled (selected). Maximum 3 streams can be concurrently enabled for different client requests. Video Signal Getting different video signals such as NTSC or PAL for different region usage. OSD Setting Enable the On Screen Display (OSD) information.
  • Page 17 Advanced The Video Advanced setting page provides more detail stream configurations. These settings can affect video size, quality. The expected transferring performance must be under the condition of full network bandwidth. RTSP Path - The RTSP Path is the stream ID used for RTSP client streaming connection, such as VLC player.
  • Page 18 bit rates than configured, the frame rate and quality would be affected as not likely to increase bandwidth (bit rate). In spite of the required recording storage estimation, VBR is by way of compensation that adjustable bit rate fits the actual image activity. Image Format - H.264 and MJPEG are available for image format selection.
  • Page 19 External Video Source This page is provided to configure and keep other video links (from specified video models) that will be applied in the web access of the current camera unit, for instance, the application of video conference. To add an external video link, click “Add…” to show the configurations. The “Product Type:” lists the models that are applicable in this function.
  • Page 20 Video Conference When “External Video Source” is configured with at least one link, the video conference button can be found on the live view page. Press the button, the Video Conference will then be presented as below; the local video is showing left hand side, while right panel is displaying remote site video images.

  • Page 21: Camera

    Camera This page provides the basic image color appearance and further image settings. General Brightness: the luminance of image view Hue: refer to pure a pure color, or described by its name, such as red, green or blue. Saturation: intensity of a specific color Contrast: the difference in color and light between parts of an image The 4 correlates are referring image appearance in terms of color/vision.
  • Page 22 Audio: enable this option, so the video stream will be transferring accompanied with the audio data. Web Record / Snapshot: define the location where snapshot images and video clips will be stored. The file name is referring to the prefix of the actual file name of each snapshot image or video clip generated.

  • Page 23: Event Handling

    Event Handling Event Handling describes the configurations of event type and the corresponding actions. To have an insight into this function, a common example can be storing a captured image to a local storage or remote FTP server (Actions), when there is a Motion Event (Trigger Condition).
  • Page 24 Motion Detection A snapshot image shows the whole view of the camera covered. To select a motion detection area, click directly on the image, then change the size and position by dragging and drawing. Up to 10 motion areas (configurations) can be added in the list. Each detection area can be set with its own sensitivity value.
  • Page 25 I/O Ports This model supports 2 photo-coupled relay inputs and 1 relay outputs, see “I/O Terminal Connectors” for detail pin description and application. The tab shows the status of them; with external trigger/alarm devices. Event Configuration The Event Configuration is to assign the actions responding to the specified events (Trigger Conditions).
  • Page 26 Trigger types (conditions) Motion Detection: The configured detection area(s) for motion events. GPIN: the physically connected external trigger/button. Manual Trigger: a virtual trigger button embedded on the web main page. When triggered” Actions Store image to FTP (Remote) / SD Storage (Local) Activate Relay Output Send Email Notification TCP Message Notification –...
  • Page 27 Event Schedule Events may come frequently, for instance, a moving object keeps triggering as being in a detection area. False alarms can therefore occur. The “minimum time between triggers” setting is then for this case. System waits for the given time before the next trigger taken. By default, each configured event is always effective.

  • Page 28: Local Storage And Schedule Recording

    Local Storage and Schedule Recording PV6901 supports USB storage, this storage is applied for local video recording. The recording function can be launched according to schedule. The storage also records the JPEG images responding to an event. NOTE: PV6901 supports 1 USB device at a time.
  • Page 29 The “Browse” button allows viewing the list of recorded files. The web page will then be redirect to the root path of the USB (if one is inserted). The list includes couple of folders, the Oevent_images which contains all the still images captured by any event trigger, and folders specified by date where the recorded video files are located.

  • Page 30: Network Configuration

    Network Configuration This device acts as one of the network devices. It is therefore allowed “IP” to be assigned, so certain network functionalities can be implementable within this device. This section describes these configurations. Fundamentally, for instance, the IP assignment of the device can be done via DHCP server, manually fixed IP option or PPPoE to obtain IP from service provider.
  • Page 31 Advanced Enable or configure other network functions. NTP: Configure a NTP (Network Time Protocol) server, so that the device system date and time can be synchronized with a specified Time Server. This configuration is provided for one of the potions of system date/time adjustment. HTTP: set the HTTP port that will be applied for Web UI access.
  • Page 32 SMTP(E-Mail) Configure an email host in the device that will send email on behalf of the configured email account in a circumstance like sending an email notice to a specified mail address (Event Configuration). Complete the Mail Server, Server Port, Authentication information (if required) and Sender: the sender’s email address.

  • Page 33: System Options

    System Options Information Lists of System and Network configurations User Login users for Web access and operations; authentication required. The Check box is for anonymous logging on to the live view page. Logging for further configurations will still require user name and password.
  • Page 34 Date & Time System date/time configuration. Options of synchronizing with PC and NTP server are provided for automatic adjustment. Server Maintenance This page provides tools for system maintenance; Reboot and Load default settings, as well as functionalities of launching upgrade process, backup/restore user settings and language defines.
  • Page 35 Log Service Most system operations and / or process will be kept in a log system. The link provides the review of these records.

  • Page 36: Web Interface Customization

    Web Interface Customization This page provides the function of adjusting the look of live view page. There are two types of layout settings; use default look or use custom settings. Use Default Look: the default layout of live/configuration pages Use Defined Links: Web link(s) will be presented on the live page when enabled. It can be a link to another IP camera for instance, or other preferred web link.
  • Page 37 Use Custom Settings: The modifications allowed are change of Background / Text Color, Background picture, Title, Description, Logo and etc.

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Check Firmware Version The version code can be found in Setup -> System -> Information, or simply type “version.html” after the URL address, e.g. http://192.168.0.200/version.html. Firmware version indicates the functionalities’ updates or availability in the camera system. Therefore, in the first step of troubleshooting and then reporting, it helps to locate the found issues.

  • Page 39: Upgrade Firmware

    Upgrade Firmware Firmware upgrade process should be done via the web configuration; Setup -> Server Maintenance -> Firmware Upgrade. Before the process, read the instructions and release notes coming with each new released version. For the steps, Check and retrieve the latest firmware bin file. Disconnect all clients (e.g.

  • Page 40: Restore Factory Default

    Restore Factory Default In some cases, system does not respond to any operation, this process gets the unit back to initial status, so that it can be reconfigurable for up and running again. To restore factory default, follow the steps below: Unplug the power jack to turn off the camera Insert a pin into the reset hole Sense a button and keep it pressed until instructed to release.

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