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  • Page 1 PTZ Network Camera User Manual V2.10...
  • Page 2 Milesight Technology Co., Ltd (Hereinafter referred to as Milesight). Milesight reserves the right to change this manual and the specifications without prior notice. The latest specifications and user documentation for all Milesight products are available on our official website www.milesight.com...
  • Page 3 Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measures are divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may be caused if any of these warnings is neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may be caused if any of these cautions are neglected.
  • Page 4 EU Conformity Statement 2012/19/EU (WEEE directive): Products marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. For proper recycling, return this product to your local supplier upon the purchase of equivalent new equipment, or dispose of it at designated collection points.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3.2 Accessing from the Web Browser ..................14 3.2.1 Access with Plugin ....................... 14 3.2.2 Access without Plugin ....................16 3.3 Accessing from Milesight VMS (Video Management Software) ........... 21 Chapter IV System Operation Guide....................23 4.1 Live Video..........................23 4.1.1 Operations on Live View Page..................23 4.1.2 3D Positioning......................25...
  • Page 6 4.7 Maintenance..........................93 4.7.1 System Maintenance....................93 4.7.2 Auto Reboot.........................94 Chapter V Services ..........................95...

  • Page 7: Chapter I Product Description

    Chapter I Product Description 1.1 Product Overview Milesight provides a consistent range of cost-effective and reliable network cameras to fully meet your requirements. Based on embedded Linux operating system, Milesight network cameras could be easily accessed and managed either locally or remotely with great reliability.

  • Page 8: Hardware Overview

    1.3 Hardware Overview (PoE) Speed Dome Network Camera Figure 1-3-1 (PoE) Speed Dome Network Camera Note: 1) AC 24V and PoE are available for power supply. 2) Built-in SD card slot can be seen after removing the 4 screws and open the front panel.
  • Page 9 12x Mini PoE PTZ Bullet Network Camera Wall Mount: Pedestal Mount: Mini PTZ Bullet: Mini PoE PTZ Bullet: Figure 1-3-2 12x Mini PoE PTZ Bullet Network Camera Note: 1) Reset Button: Press “Reset” button for 5 seconds, then the device will be restored to factory default.

  • Page 10: How To Connect To Alarm Interface

    1.4 How to Connect to Alarm Interface External interface of camera is as the following, you can refer to the picture to install the external alarm device:(Example for PTZ BULLET) PIN1: Alarm Output NC/NO 24V DC 1A PIN2: Alarm Output NC/NO 24V DC 1A PIN3: Alarm Input NC/NO ≤12V PIN4: Alarm Input NC/NO ≤12V 1.5 How to Connect the Water-proof Connector...

  • Page 11: System Requirements

    1.6 System Requirements Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/Server 2000/Server 2008 CPU: 1.66GHz or higher RAM: 1G or higher Graphic memory: 128MB or more Internet protocol: TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6) Web Browsers: Internet Explorer 8.0 and above version, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

  • Page 12: Chapter Ii Network Connection

    Chapter II Network Connection 2.1 Setting the Camera over the LAN Connecting the camera to a switch or a router is the most common connection method. The camera must be assigned an IP address that is compatible with its LAN. 2.1.1 Connect the Camera to the PC Directly In this method, only when the computer connected to a camera, it will be able to view the camera.
  • Page 13 assistance with port forwarding; Step4: Apply a domain name from a domain name provider; Step5: Configure the DDNS settings in the setting interface of the router; Step6: Visit the camera via the domain name. Figure 2-2 Connect the network camera via a router using dynamic IP...

  • Page 14: Chapter Iii Accessing The Network Camera

    Step2: Start Smart Tools, click the IPC Tools page, then enter the device information, such as IP address, MAC address, Status, Port number, Netmask, and Gateway, then all related Milesight network cameras in the same network that will be displayed. Details are shown as Figure 3-1-1;...
  • Page 15 Step3: Select a camera or multiple cameras according to the MAC addresses; Select single camera Select multiple cameras Step4: If the selected camera shows "Active" in the status bar, you can directly type the User Name and Password (Camera with version lower than 4x.7.0.69 is using admin/ms1234 by default), change the IP address or other network values, and then click “Modify”...
  • Page 16 If the selected camera shows "Inactive" in the status bar(Camera with version V4x.7.0.69 or above), click to set the password when using it for the first time. You can also set the security questions when activating the camera in case that you forget the password(You can reset the password by answering three security questions correctly).

  • Page 17: Assign An Ip Address Via Browser

    Step5: Change the IP address successfully; Step6: By double clicking the selected camera or the browser of interested camera, you can access the camera via web browser directly. The Internet Explorer window will pop up. More usage of Smart Tools, please refer to the Smart Tools User Manual. 3.1.2 Assign An IP Address via Browser If the network segment of the computer and that of the camera are different, please follow the steps to change the IP address:...
  • Page 18 Click “Advanced”, and then click “IP settings”  “IP address”  “Add” (See Figure 3-1-9). In the pop-up window, enter an IP address that in the same segment with Milesight network camera ( e.g. 192.168.5.61, but please note that this IP address shall not conflict with the IP address on the existing network);...
  • Page 19 Step3: If the camera’s firmware version is lower than V4x.7.0.69, it will directly display the login page, enter the user name and password when the LOGIN page appears; Default user name: admin Default password: ms1234 If the camera’s firmware version is V4x.7.0.69 or above, you need to set the password first when using it for the first time.

  • Page 20: Accessing From The Web Browser

    Step5: Change the IP address or other network values. Then click “Save” button; Step6: The change of default IP address is completed. 3.2 Accessing from the Web Browser The camera can be used with the most standard operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari.
  • Page 21 If IE9 or higher version browser is used, it is suggested that the Milesight camera web link should be added as a trusted site. See the instructions as follows: Step1: Start the IE9 or higher version browser, and select “Tools” “Internet Options”;...

  • Page 22: Access Without Plugin

    Step4: Enter the IP address. After logging on network camera’s web GUI successfully, user is allowed to view live video as follows. 3.2.2 Access without Plugin You can preview the video on the browser without plugin in Plugin-Free mode. Currently Plugin-Free mode is supported in Chrome and Firefox browser for Windows system, MAC system and Android system.
  • Page 23 Step2: Click “ ” icon in the lower left corner of the webpage, you can refer to Plugin-Free Mode instruction below. Step3: Input the URL in address bar: chrome://flags/#enable-webassembly-threads You will enter the webpage shown below.
  • Page 24 Step4: Set 2 flags to True status and reboot browser: --WebAssembly threads support. --Experimental enabled SharedArrayBuffer support in JavaScript Step5: Then you can preview the video without plugin by selecting Plugin-Free mode in Live View interface.
  • Page 25 It supports previewing the video in Live View and other setting interfaces. (2) On Firefox browser Step1: Access camera via Firefox browser. Step2: Click “ ” icon in the lower left corner of the webpage, you can refer to Plugin-Free Mode instruction below.
  • Page 26 Step3: Input the URL in address bar: about:config And accept the requiring. You will enter the webpage shown below.

  • Page 27: Accessing From Milesight Vms (Video Management Software)

    The interface of Milesight VMS is very easy to use, intuitive, with easy access to the most common activities, such as viewing live video, searching through recordings and exporting videos and snapshots.

  • Page 29: Chapter Iv System Operation Guide

    Chapter IV System Operation Guide 4.1 Live Video After logging in the network camera web GUI successfully, you are allowed to view live video as follows. 4.1.1 Operations on Live View Page Table 4-1-1 Description of the buttons Parameter Description Navigation key is used to control the direction.
  • Page 30 Click to focus near or far of the lens. Lens Initialization, Auxiliary Focus and Auto Iris Click to open/ close the White LED for Lighting For 30s: lighting 30s. 3D Positioning: Click to enable/ disable 3D positioning. One-touch Patrol: Click to carry out the patrol. Auto Home: Click to enable Auto Home.

  • Page 31: Positioning

    Click to display images at a window size. Window size Click to display images at a real size. Real size Click to display images at full-screen. Full Screen When recording, the icon will turn red. Recording When an alarm of Smart Event was triggered, the icon appears Alarm When an alarm of Motion Detection was triggered, the...

  • Page 32: Set / Call A Preset / Patrol / Pattern

    1.Click on the toolbar of Live View interface. 2.Operate the 3D positioning function  Left click a position of the Live View, the corresponding position will be moved to the center of the Live View.  Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the lower right or upper right on the Live View, you can see a blue rectangle.
  • Page 33 Note: The following presets are predefined with special commands. You can only call them but can’t configure them. For example, preset 037 is the “Self Check”. If you call the preset number 037, the PTZ camera will start self check function at once. Table 4-1-2 Special Presets Special Special...
  • Page 34 been defined. Set a patrol: Step1: In the PTZ control panel, click to enter the patrol settings interface; Step2: Select a patrol number, the setting icon will appear , click it; Step3: Click to add presets to this patrol, as shown in Figure 4-1-5; Step4: Configure the preset number, patrol speed and patrol time;...
  • Page 35 Note: The three buttons behind the Patrol list means: Play, Set and Delete. Set / Call a pattern A pattern is a memorized series of pan, tilt, zoom and preset functions. It can be called on the pattern settings interface. There are up to 4 patterns can be set. Set a pattern: Step1: In the PTZ control panel, click to enter the pattern settings interface;...

  • Page 36: Playback

    4.2 Playback This section explains how to view the recorded video files stored in SD cards. Step1: Click and then click on the menu bar to enter playback interface; Step2: Click the date button, choose the date when date window pops up; Note: The date with bright red means current date;...

  • Page 37: Local Settings

    Play Pause Stop Speed Down Speed Up Audio On/Off Search Go To Time Narrow/Expand Start/Stop Recording Snapshot Zoom On/Off Full Screen Note: Drag the progress bar with the mouse to locate the exact playback point. You can also input the time and click to locate the playback point in the Set Playback Time filed.

  • Page 38: Basic Settings

    4.4 Basic Settings 4.4.1 Video Stream parameters can be set in this module, adapting to different network environments and demands. Primary Stream Settings Secondary Stream Settings...
  • Page 39 Tertiary Stream Settings Table 4-4-1 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Video Codec H.265/H.264/MJPEG are available. Options include 5M(2592*1944)(only for 5MP Mini (PoE) PTZ Bullet and Speed Dome), 4M(2592*1520)(only for 5MP and 4MP Mini (PoE) PTZ Bullet and Speed Dome), 3M(2304*1296), 1080P(1920*1080), 1.3M(1280*960), 720P(1280*720), D1 (704*576).

  • Page 40: Image

    Set the I-frame interval to 1~120, 50 for the default. The number must be a I-frame Interval multiple of the number of frames this item is optional only if you select Low/Medium/High/Higher are available, JPEG Quality the MJPEG Note: The options of [Frame Size] are variable according to the model selected. 4.4.2 Image Display information, enhancement of image and Day/Night setting can be set in this module.
  • Page 41 This is the sensitivity for switching Day Mode to Night Mode. When IR Light Day To Night Value Sensor Current Value is lower than this value, it will switch Day Mode to Night Mode. This is the sensitivity for switching Night Mode to Day Mode. When IR Light Night To Day Value Sensor Current Value is higher than this value, it will switch Night Mode to Day Mode.
  • Page 42 Enhancement Table 4-4-3 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction There is an option to turn On/Off the IR LED. IR Balance Mode IR Balance Mode would avoid the problem of overexposure or darkness, and the IR LED will change according to the actual illumination. To restore white objects and remove color distortion cause by the light of the environment Auto White Balance: This option will automatically enable the White Balance...
  • Page 43 Manual Mode: The camera will adjust the brightness according to the value s, t he higher the value you set, you can set the exposure time from 1~1/100000 is, the brighter the image is; Schedule Mode: You can customize the schedule to enable/disable Auto Mode and Manual Mode.
  • Page 44 Schedule Setting Customize the schedule to enable/disable BLC/WDR/HLC mode Note: 1) You can customize the schedule to enable/disable the difference White Balance modes. 2) You can customize the schedule to enable/disable the difference exposure modes. 3) You can customize the schedule to enable/disable BLC/WDR/HLC mode. 4) WDR/HLC has higher priority than exposure settings at the same time frame.
  • Page 45 6) HLC Image. Day/Night Mode Table 4-4-4 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Exposure Level Level 0~10 are available to meet your need.
  • Page 46 Minimum Shutter is the same as Maximum Exposure Time. Set the minimum Minimum Shutter Shutter to 1~1/100000s Maximum Shutter is the same as Minimum Exposure Time. Set the maximum Maximum Shutter Shutter to 1~1/100000s IR-CUT Latency The interval time of switching one mode to another. IR-CUT Turn on or turn off IR-CUT.
  • Page 47 By using Milesight ROI technology, more than 50% of bit rate can be saved and therefore less bandwidth demanded and the storage usage reduced. So according to this, you can set a small bit rate for high resolution.

  • Page 48: Audio

    You can set a low bit rate. For example, you can set a bit rate of 512Kbps and a resolution of 1080P, then you can see the image quality of ROI is more clear and fluent than the other region. 4.4.3 Audio This audio function allows you to hear the sound from the camera or transmit your sound to the camera side.

  • Page 49: Network

    Denoise: Set it as On/Off. When you set the function on, the noise detected can be filtered. Encoding: G711-ULaw, G711-ALaw and AAC LC are available; Audio Input Sample Rate: There are 8KHz/16KHz two options; Input Gain: Input audio gain level, 0-100; Alarm Level: Alarm will be triggered if voice alarm is enabled and input gained volume is higher than the alarm level, 0-100.
  • Page 50 Table 4-4-8 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Get IPv4 Address Get an IP address from the DHCP server automatically. Automatically IPv4 Address: It is used to identify a network camera on the network; IPv4 Subnet Mask: It is used for identifying the subnet where the network camera is located;...
  • Page 51 HTTP Enable Start or stop using HTTP. HTTP Port Web GUI login port, the default is 80, the same with ONVIF port. HTTPS Enable Start or stop using HTTPS. HTTPS Port Web GUI login port via HTTPS. the default is 443. HTTP Settings Upload and set the SSL certificate .
  • Page 52 Stream Main Stream rtsp://username:password@IP:port/main Secondary Stream rtsp://username:password@IP:port/sub Tertiary Stream http://username:password@IP:port/third Note: 1) Get the format of RTSP URL by clicking “ ”on the right side of RTSP Port. 2) Get the playback tip by clicking “ ”on the right side of Playback Port. 3) DSCP refers to the Differentiated Service Code Point;...
  • Page 53 Account name from the DDNS provider, unavailable for "freedns.afraid.org" Password Account password, unavailable for "freedns.afraid.org" Host name DDNS name enabled in the account Note: 1）Please do the Port Forwarding of HTTP Port and RTSP Port before you use Milesight DDNS.
  • Page 54 2）Make sure that the internal and the external port number of RTSP are the same. Email Alarm video files can be sent to specific mail account through SMTP server. You must configure the email settings correctly before using it. Table 4-4-13 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction User Name...
  • Page 55 Alarm video files can be sent to specific FTP server. You must configure the FTP settings correctly before using it. Table 4-4-14 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Server Address FTP server address Server Port The port of the FTP server. Generally it is 21 User Name User name used to log in to the FTP sever Password...
  • Page 56 If you choose to customize the alarm action file name, YYYY-MM-DD/ Image File Name MM-DD-YYYY/ DD-MM-YYYY/ Add prefix are available. Timing Snapshot File Default(YYYY-MM-DD) /MM-DD-YYYY/ DD-MM-YYYY/ Add prefix/ Overwrite with Name the base file name are available. Note: Parent Directory will be under Root Directory, and Child Directory will be under Parent Directory.
  • Page 57 2) The user name and password should be assigned by your ISP. SNMP You can set the SNMP function to get camera status, parameters and alarm related information and manage the camera remotely when it is connected to the network. Before setting the SNMP, please download the SNMP software and manage to receive the camera information via SNMP port.

  • Page 58: Date&Time

    Level of Security There are three levels available: (auth, priv), (auth, no priv) and (no auth, no priv) Write Security Name Input the name of Write Security Community Level of Security There are three levels available: (auth, priv), (auth, no priv) and (no auth, no priv) SNMP Port The port of SNMP, the default is 161 Note:...

  • Page 59: Advanced Settings

    Current System Time Current date&time of the system Set the System Time Table 4-4-16 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Time Zone Choose a time zone for your location. Daylight Saving time Enable the daylight saving time. NTP Sync Regularly update your time according to the interval time.
  • Page 60 Table 4-5-1 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Enable Motion Check the checkbox to enable Motion Detection function. Detection Normal and Compatible are available for the option. If the setting of motion Onvif Motion region of the third-party software is different from ours, please set this option to ActiveCells Settings Compatible.
  • Page 61 Table 4-5-2 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Save Into Storage Save alarm recording files into SD Card or NAS Upload Via FTP Upload the recording files via FTP. Upload Via SMTP Upload the files via SMTP. If the camera equips with External Output, you can enable the action after External Output configuring the trigger duration.
  • Page 62 HTTP User Name: admin (the user name of your camera) HTTP Password: ms1234 (the password of your camera) HTTP Notification URL: http://IP:8601/Interface/Cameras/MotionDetection/Notify?Camera=CameraName IP refers to the PC's IP where the Digifort installed. 8601 is the port for Motion signal in Digifort. CameraName is the camera name you set in Digifort VMS, like the picture shown below.
  • Page 63 Table 4-5-3 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Record Video Sections Six different periods are available(5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 sec). Pre-record Reserve the record time before alarm, 0~10 sec. Snapshot The number of snapshot, from 1 to 5. Snapshot Interval It cannot be edited unless you choose more than 1 to Snapshot.
  • Page 64 Note: 1) Recovery time should not be less than flash time. 2) You can customize the schedule of Audio Action. Audio Alarm Enable the Audio before using Audio Alarm function.
  • Page 65 Please refer to table 4-5-2 and 4-5-3 to get the meaning of items. External Input...
  • Page 66 The meaning of items please refer to table 4-5-2 and 4-5-3, here will not repeat again. Other Alarm...
  • Page 67 Table 4-5-4 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Network Lost, Tampering and IP Address Conflicted are available Alarm Type Check the checkbox to enable the alarm type you selected Save Into SD Card: Save alarm recording files into SD Card External Output: If the camera equips with External Output, you can enable the action after configuring the trigger duration Play Audio: If the camera equips with Speaker, you can enable the action after...

  • Page 68: Storage

    lead to the alarm. 4.5.2 Storage Before you start: To configure record settings, please make sure that you have the network storage device within the network or the SD card inserted in your camera. Choose the storage mode according to your needs. Storage Management SD Card: Table 4-5-5 Description of the buttons...
  • Page 69 File Path Input the NAS file path, e.g. “\path”. NFS and SMB/CIFS are available. And you can set the user name and password to Mounting Type guarantee the security if SMB/CIFS is selected Note: Up to 5 NAS disks can be connected to the camera. Record Settings Table 4-5-6 Description of the buttons Parameters...
  • Page 70 Table 4-5-8 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Enable Time Snapshot: Check the checkbox to enable the Timing Snapshot function Interval: Set the snapshots interval, input the number and choose the unit(millisecond, second, minute, hour, day) Save Into Storage: Save the snapshots into SD card or NAS, and choose the file name to add time suffix or overwrite the base file name.

  • Page 71: Security

    will be displayed under the corresponding date, from here you can copy and delete files etc. You can visit the files in SD card by ftp, for example, ftp://username:password@192.168.5.190(user name and password are the same as the camera account and the IP followed is the IP of your device.).
  • Page 72 Allow anonymous viewing: Check the checkbox to enable visit from whom Manage Privilege doesn’t have account of the device Click “Edit” button to set three security questions for your camera. In case that you forget the password, you can click “Forget Password” button on login page to reset the password by answering three security questions correctly.
  • Page 73 Viewer A viewer can`t change any settings Note: 1) For versions above 54, the Operator and Viewer users are closed by default. But you still can add on the User page. 2) You can only add 20 users. 3) For V4x.7.0.69 or above, it removes the default admin password and allows to set a password when logging in for the first time.

  • Page 74: Sip

    Internet Protocol(IP) networks. This page allows user to configure SIP related parameters. Milesight cameras can be configured as SIP endpoint to call out when alarm triggered; or allow permitted number to call in to check the video if the video IP phone is used.
  • Page 75 Table 4-5-11 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Unregistered/ SIP registration status. Display “Unregistered” or “Registered” Registered Enable Start or stop using SIP Choose to use Enable mode or Disable mode. Enable mode means to use SIP with Register Mode register account.

  • Page 76: Smart Event

    4.5.5 Smart Event Smart Event uses Milesight Video Content Analysis technology. This technical capability is used in a wide range of domains including entertainment, health-care, retail, automotive, transport, home automation, safety and security. Milesight VCA provides advanced, accurate smart video analysis...
  • Page 77 Milesight network cameras. It enhances the performance of network cameras through 8 detection modes which are divided into basic function and advanced function, enabling the comprehensive surveillance function and quicker response of cameras to different monitoring scenes. (Note: Please ask license from Milesight...
  • Page 78 Step4: Set alarm settings. Advanced Motion Detection Different from traditional motion detection, Milesight advanced motion detection can filter out “noise” such as lighting changes, natural tree movements, etc. When an object moves in the selected area, it will trigger alarm.
  • Page 79 Step1: Set detecting sensitivity; Step2: Set detection schedule; Step3: Set alarm action; Step4: Set alarm settings. Line Crossing Line Crossing detection is designed to work in most indoor and outdoor environment. An event will be triggered every time when the camera detects objects crossing a defined virtual line. Settings steps are shown as follows: Step1: Choose a line number;...
  • Page 80 Step6: Set alarm settings. Note: Milesight allows to set up to four lines at a time. There are three direction modes to choose for triggering alarm. “A→B” means when there is any object crossing the line from the “A” side to the “B”...
  • Page 81 Human Detection Human detection is used for figuring out whether an object is a human or not. Once human detection is enabled, when there is an object appearing in the detecting area, an ID will show on the frame. If the object is a person, it will mark as “person”. When the Show Tracks is enabled, the tracks of the moving object will show on the screen.
  • Page 82 Crossing along the direction of the arrow will record as “In”, opposite is “Out”; Setting Milesight VCA provides the primary setting for the whole VCA functions. “Minimum Size” is to set the whether an object is big enough to trigger other settings. The frame you draw on the screen...

  • Page 83: Ptz

    take effect. Maximum Size means opposite, the frame you draw on the screen stands for that only if the object size is smaller than the frame, the settings for other VCA functions will take effect. Table 4-5-14 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Process FPS...
  • Page 84 Table 4-5-15 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Configure the OSD parameter, and you can set the Zoom status OSD, Pan&Tilt PTZ OSD Status, Preset Status with Close/ Always open/ 2s/ 5s/ 10s. If you enabled Preset Freezing, the live view of preset position will be showed Preset directly instead of showing both the moving path to the position and the live view.
  • Page 85 Minimum focus Distance: Set the minimum focus distance to adjust the step length of each focus. 1 meter, 1.5 meters, 3 meters, 6 meters, 10 meters and 20 meters are available. Note: this option is only for Speed Dome. If the camera stop working for a longer time than predefined, the position of it will be recorded.
  • Page 86 PTZ Limit The PTZ camera can be programmed to move within the configurable PTZ Limits(Left/Right). Step1: Check the checkbox to enable the PTZ Limit function. Step2: Choose the limit mode as Manual limit or scanning limit.  Manual Limit: When Manual limit stops are set, you can operate the PTZ control panel manually only in the limited surveillance area.
  • Page 87 Parameters Function Introduction Click to set the current position as a Initial Position Clear Clear the Initial Position to default settings. Call Click to call the Initial Position. Note: This function is only for Mini (PoE) PTZ Bullet. Privacy Mask Privacy mask enables to cover certain areas on the live video to prevent certain spots in the surveillance area from being viewed and recorded.
  • Page 88 Set the value of Active Zoom Ratio according to your need, and then the mask will Active Zoom Ratio only appear when the zoom ratio is greater than the predefined value Scheduled Tasks You can configure the PTZ camera to perform a certain action automatically in a user-defined time period.
  • Page 89 Step1: Check the checkbox to enable Auto Tracking; Step2: Set detecting sensitivity; Step3: Set Max. Tracking Time which must be between 5~300s. The camera will stop tracking when the tracking time is used up. Note: Please turn off Auto Home before using Auto Tracking. Config Clear Figure 4-5-42 Config Clear Here you can clear PTZ configurations, including all PTZ configurations, Presets, Patrols, Patterns,...

  • Page 90: Lpr(Optional)

    RS485 Here you can clear configure RS485 serial port to control the PTZ of Speed Dome. Protocol, Baudrate, Data Bit, Stop Bit, Parity, Flow Control, PTZ Address should be exactly the same as those of the control device. Note: This function is only for Speed Dome. 4.5.7 LPR(Optional) The LPR function will automatically detects and captures license plate in real time and compares to a predefined list, then takes appropriate action such as generating an alert once the license plate is...
  • Page 91 start detecting the license plate. Step2: Check the checkbox “Enable License Plate Recognition”, you can draw the screen to select area interested. Step3: Schedule Settings. You can draw the schedule by clicking Edit button. Table 4-5-19 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction License...
  • Page 92 your settings. Table 4-5-20 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Select the license plate type as black or white, enter the license plate, click the Add License Plate “Add” button, the license plate will be added successfully. You can add a csv form with the license plate you want to add, click the "Browse"...
  • Page 93 Step1: Check the checkbox to enable Black List Mode. Step2: Schedule Settings. You can draw the schedule by clicking Edit button. Step3: Set alarm action. Step4: Set alarm settings. After that, when a license plate marked as “black” is detected, the camera will respond accordingly...
  • Page 94 to your settings. White List Mode Step1: Check the checkbox to enable White List Mode. Step2: Schedule Settings. You can draw the schedule by clicking Edit button. Step3: Set alarm action. Step4: Set alarm settings. After that, when a license plate marked as “White” is detected, the camera will respond...
  • Page 95 accordingly to your settings. Visitor Mode Step1: Check the checkbox to enable Visitor Mode. Step2: Schedule Settings. You can draw the schedule by clicking Edit button. Step3: Set alarm action. Step4: Set alarm settings.
  • Page 96 After that, when a license plate that is not marked as "Black" or "White" is detected, the camera will respond accordingly to your settings. Logs The detect results in real time will be displayed on the right side of Logs page, including detected time, live screenshot, and license plate.

  • Page 97: Logs

    Click the "Log Export" button to export the license plate in the current list to a csv form locally. 4.5.8 Logs The logs contain the information about the time and IP that has accessed the camera through web. Table 4-5-21 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction There are five main log types: All Type, Event, Operation, Information,...

  • Page 98: System

    Log Export Export the logs Set the period of log saving. There are eight options to choose: Permanent and Save Period 30/60/120/180/240/300/360 Days. Input the number of logs’ page. 4.6 System All information about the hardware and software of the camera can be checked on this page. Table 4-6-1 Description of the parameters Parameters Function Introduction...

  • Page 99: Maintenance

    The Alarm Input/Alarm Output will appear only when the camera have alarm input/output interface. 4.7 Maintenance 4.7.1 System Maintenance The software can be upgraded by the following steps: Step1: Browse and select the upgrading file; Step2: Click the “upgrade” button after it prompts upload file successfully. After the system reboots successfully, the update is done.

  • Page 100: Auto Reboot

    Reset settings: Click “Reset” button to reset the camera to factory default settings Keep the IP Configuration: Check this option to keep the IP configuration when Maintenance resetting the camera. Keep the User information: Check this option to keep the user information when resetting the camera.

  • Page 101: Chapter V Services

    Chapter V Services Milesight Technology Co., Ltd provides customers with timely and comprehensive technical support services. End-users can contact your local dealer to obtain technical support. Distributors and resellers can contact directly with Milesight for technical support. Technical Support Mailbox: support@milesight.com Web: http://www.milesight.com...

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