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BS-200 Network Camera Remote Surveillance with Security •JAVA Base Web Page Providing Maximum Platform Compatibility• •Remote Surveillance Via Internet or Intranet• •Automatic Intruder Recording Via FTP or E-mail•...
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Copyright Disclaimers The accuracy of contents in this manual has passed thorough checking and review before publishing. BOSER Technology Co., Ltd., the manufacturer and publisher, is not liable for any infringements of patents or other rights resulting from its use. The...
3.6 Assign IP by IP Installer............8 3.6.1 Execute IP Installer ..................9 3.6.2 Preparation before IP Assignment ............9 3.6.3 Assign an IP Address to BOSER Video Server........10 3.7 Verify and Complete the Installation from Your Browser 11 3.8 Focus Your Camera ............11 Chapter 4 Network Camera Home Page……………13...
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Appendix A Upgrading The Software………………29 Check Software Version................29 Obtain The Software (flash.bin)............29 Upgrade Procedure Via FTP ..............29 Appendix B Update Custom Web Pages……………33 Clean Up System...................33 Download Complete Web Pages............33 Upload Custom Web Pages..............34 Verify Updated Contents ................34 Save The Changes To Flash..............34 Appendix C Emergency Facyory Default…………...37 Appendix D Trouble Shooting……………………….39 Appendix E Lenses Replacement……………………41...
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Safety Instructions Integrated circuits on computer boards are sensitive to static electricity. To avoid damaging chips from electrostatic discharge, observe the following precautions: Do not remove boards or integrated circuits from their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them. Before handling a board or integrated circuit, touch an unpainted portion of the system unit chassis for a few seconds.
CCD module to distribute the compressed live video into Intranet/Internet through Ethernet connection. BS-200 is a self-contained Web Server. Users could access the Network Camera only by browsing website over Internet using standard browser such as Explorer or Netscape and do all the management, configuration, and monitoring easily.
Major Features The BS-200 comes with the following features: Including CCD module, which provides all in one system for Internet video application Self-Contained HTTP Web Server providing Internet capability IP assignment via ARP/Web Page easy to install for users JAVA-based web page providing maximum platform compatibility...
Chapter 2 Physical Connections Front Panel Built-on CCD Module, support AES/BLC/Day & Night control Built-in support of DC-Driver auto iris lens, level adjustment supported Real Panel Ethernet: Standard IEEE802.3 10 Based T port DC 12V: DC Power input, specification with 12V DC 1A PWR LED: Power On: Constant red Emergency factory default: Blinking orange...
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Data sent out from server: Blinking green Network disconnected: Constant slow blinking green Upgrading software: Constant blinking orange from slow to fast COM: DTE DSUB 9-pin male connector in BS-200, capable of connecting as a system console (default), or to external modem (optional).
The BS-200 provides screw holes on both the top and bottom surfaces of the unit for mounting the stand assembly. You can mount your BS-200 on a desktop, a wall, or ceiling by adjusting the linked way of stand assembly.
Obtain a unique IP address from your network administrator. Each BS-200 has unique Ethernet address (MAC address), which is recorded as 12 digits serial number labeled at the bottom side of BS-200 Following examples use PC with IP address 192.168.0.1, and going to setup BS-200 server to IP address 192.168.0.200 whose MAC address is...
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For speedily installing and easily setting the IP Address, the BOSER provides an IP Installer Wizard for you. Please install the application and see the user’s manual for detailed description and usage. In Windows, open DOS window. Enter DOS by <Start Program MS-DOS Prompt>.
Internet live video can be opened. Assign IP by IP Installer BOSER IP Installer is a Windows 98/ME/NT/2000 program. It is the software providing an easier way for the setting of IP address and network configurations of BOSER’s Network Camera and Internet Video Server.
3.5.2 Preparation before IP Assignment Always consult your network administrator before assigning an IP address to your server. Make sure the BOSER Video Servers is powered on and correctly connected to the network. Obtain an IP address not used yet from your network administrator. Each BOSER...
3.5.3 Assign an IP Address to BOSER Video Server Select the MAC Address of your BOSER Video Server in the list. The MAC Address is identical to the unit’s S/N (Serial Number). And click the menu bar View/Property to open the Property Page for the selected item.
Verify and Complete the Installation from Your Browser Start your browser and enter the IP Address of your BOSER Video Server in the location/address field. Focus Your Camera Fix your preferred lens to the BOSER Video Server. Turning it clock...
2X: CIF 352 horizontal by 240 vertical 352 horizontal by 288 vertical 4X: FULL 704 horizontal by 480 vertical 704 horizontal by 576 vertical Snapshot: Take a picture from viewing video. Config: Click to Configuration pages of BOSER Network Camera...
Configuration Page Configuration Page User Configuration BOSER Network Camera provides 3-layer user security control as below: Open for All: It is a factory default when no user enters in User configuration, it allows any user over Internet to monitor and configure...
Restricted User: It is the user in User Configuration without administration permission. The user can be configured to have limited permission to see video, for example, “capable of changing video size, etc”. Administrator User: It is the user in User Configuration with administration permission.
IP address of your BOSER Network Camera. A HTML file named NewIP_xxxxxx.htm will appear under the upload path for you to link to BOSER Network Camera, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the S/N.
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Password: Password used to log in your FTP account Upload Path: Path to put the file IP Notification by E-mail: With this option enabled, your BOSER Network Camera will send E-mail to you as soon as it obtains the IP...
CCD Module Settings NOTE: When using Lens with DC-Driver Auto IRIS capabilities, you must set AES to “off” state in order to get optimal Lens performance. Video Source: To select the video source from internal built-in CCD or external camera Auto Electronic Shutter: The shutter will automatically adjust the exposure of the built-in CCD to get the better illumination when set to on Back Light Compensation: Adjust the light balance method.
Motion detection, IO control, FTP or E-mail to outside world. It’s easy to process – just fill and submit a simple form. BOSER Network Camera’s event manager provides event control through programmable Event Scripts which are the combination of several events. Each event works simultaneously. If one of the trigger conditions in event script is satisfied, then corresponding action will start to execute accordingly.
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To start event manager, simply click below: Upper edit window, middle status box, lower message window, and bottom control icons mainly separate the event frame. There are two ways to enter the event script. One is to use “Script Wizard” which just follows the procedure to fill up some items. And, it will generate and append new script code to edit window.
PTZ Adjustment Cam[n] type: To select the PTZ devices. BOSER Network Camera support SONY D30, and LILIN Fast Dome Series, etc. Contact your distributor/dealer to get supporting model information of PTZ camera Speed: To select the PTZ speed grade from 1 (slowest) to 10 (fastest)
Subnet Mask: Subnet mask of your LAN. Note that the IP Address above and Gateway IP Address below should be in the same subnet DNS IP Address: Domain name server information is to allow BOSER Network Camera to contact external server with mnemonic domain name...
Click “Submit” bottom if needed, then BOSER Network Camera will automatically store the setting and reboot system (within 5 seconds to complete boot sequence) to take the setting effective. Motion Area Selection Motion Detection Region Selection: Move the mouse to the regions in video window with white blocks to determine the motion trigger areas.
Clock Setting The built-in real-time clock of BOSER Network Camera provides accurate date/time of system even when power off. For different time zone or long period operation, you may need to adjust the clock – just enter Time and Date information then click Submit.
5.10 Video Adjustment BOSER Network Camera is capable of detecting NTSC/PAL automatically, video signal active/lose, fully automatic (plug & see) and don’t need any user configuration. Display Time Stamp & Text: To turn on bitmap over video just click on the...
Frame Delay: To set the delay time between frames. The unit of delay time is 10 microseconds. You can limit the output bandwidth via setting the frame delay to do the flow control of the video stream. When the value is set to 0, it means no limitation on the video stream Click “Save Changes”...
5.13 Miscellaneous Operation Load Default: The Load Default retrieves all except network setting NOTE: The factory default just recovers the working setting but it is saved to permanent memory (will back to previous setting after boot). To change the boot settings, you must set “Save Changes”).
You can also get the software version in configurations page on Chapter 5.3 Server Configuration. Obtain The Software (flash.bin) The latest version of the BOSER Network Camera software is free of charge from BOSER Technology Co., Ltd. or your local distributor. Upgrade Procedure Via FTP Download the newest software and unzip it into your local Driver, for example “c:\temp”.
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Flash devices. Start the FTP session and log in to the BOSER Network Camera. For example, in our case for Windows 98: Enter DOS by “Start Program MS-DOS Prompt”...
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ftp> put flash.bin 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for flash.bin 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 2097152 bytes set in 10.11 Seconds 207.43Kbytes/sec. ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. <= Quit ftp session immediately <= if the window is frozen, please open another dos session C:\temp>ping –t 192.168.0.200 Pinging 192.168.0.200 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out.
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Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 0ms Control-C C:\temp> NOTE: Flash products can become damaged if the updating operation is not performed correctly. So please follow up above procedures carefully.
Appendix B Update Custom Web Pages BOSER Network Camera has a built-in web server, so the web contents are contained in Flash Memory, the same as software parts, allowed to erase and re-written. It provides an easy way to up date the web pages –...
Upload Custom Web Pages You can use FTP utilities to upload the updated/added contents to their original directory. For example, if you wish to replace the BOSER banner logo with custom made “oem.jpg”. First, prepare your won “oem.jpg”, and then upload to 3.0.0/WWW/images. Finally, change the logo file name to oem.jpg in “Configuration...
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For example, the BOSER Network Camera IP address is 192.168.0.200, then: C:\temp>telnet 192.168.0.200...
Appendix C Emergency Factory Default In certain circumstance, to restore the server to initial factory default state may be necessary, normally processed through web page (Miscellaneous Operation). If the user can’t get into web page (e.g. Missing of Username and Password information), then he could use Emergency Factory Default to restore the factory default.
PING utility returns “request timed out” – in which case you should set the IP address again, power on the BOSER Network Camera and then try accessing the unit again The IP address is Run the PING utility (as described in...
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Type “arp –a” to view the ARP table. If it address is empty, you must ping an existing unit on your network before you can download the IP address on the BOSER Network Camera programming Restore the unit to the factory default...
The BOSER Network Camera supports any standard C/CS lens, including full DC-Iris lens. You can replace the built-in lens with any lens you like. Since the BOSER Network Camera is supplied with a CS-mount, any stand C or CS lens typically used in the surveillance industry can be used.
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