General This manual introduces the functions and operations of smart video parking detector (hereinafter referred to as the "Device"). Models Models Working Mode Pixel DHI-ITC214-PH3A Parking Space Detection 2 MP DHI-ITC314-PH3A Parking Space Detection 3 MP DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TF Parking Space Detection...
User’s Manual Important Safeguards and Warnings This chapter describes the contents covering proper handling of the Device, hazard prevention, and prevention of property damage. Read these contents carefully before using the Device, comply with them when using, and keep the manual well for future reference. Power Requirements Improper battery use might result in fire, explosion, or inflammation.
User’s Manual Production Introduction Overview This Device is an intelligent parking space detector that can be used in intelligent parking lot management system for parking guidance and reverse vehicle search in indoor parking lots. It detects and captures vehicles, recognizes license plates, detects parking space status (empty ...
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Standard 48V DC power supply, and adaptable to 12V DC–48V DC voltage. Cascading Network For DHI-ITC214-PH3A and DHI-ITC314-PH3A series parking detectors, only the first device needs to be supplied with power (48V DC). Supports power supply cascading through network, with the number of devices no more than 10.
Figure 2-2: Applicable to DHI-ITC214-PH3A and DHI-ITC314-PH3A series. Figure 2-1 Appearance (1) Figure 2-2 Appearance (2) Dimensions Figure 2-3 is applicable to DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TF and DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TBF series devices. Figure 2-4 is applicable to DHI-ITC214-PH3A and DHI-ITC314-PH3A series devices. ...
User’s Manual Figure 2-3 Dimensions (mm) Figure 2-4 Dimensions (mm) Structure Structure shown in Figure 2-5 is applicable to DHI-ITC214-PH3A, DHI-ITC314-PH3A, DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TF, and DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TBF series devices. Only DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TF and DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TBF series devices are designed with lower housing 2.
User’s Manual Installation Cable Wiring For DHI-ITC214-PH3A and DHI-ITC314-PH3A series devices, only the first device needs to be supplied with power (48V DC). Supports power supply cascading through network, with the number of devices no more than 10. For DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TF and DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TBF series devices, only the first device needs to ...
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User’s Manual Figure 3-2 Installation (1) 1: Nut; 2: Ceiling mounting tray; 3: Hole of ceiling mounting tray Step 4 Refer to "2.4 Cable Connection" to connect the cables. Figure 3-3 Installation (2) Step 5 Remove the cover, and adjust the monitoring view according to the position of the Device. Step 6 Tighten the cover.
User’s Manual Quick Configuration with ConfigTool The Device is delivered with the same default IP address (192.168. 1.108 by default. IP address of the auxiliary camera of the DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TF and DHI-ITC314-PH3A-TBF series is 192.168.1.107 by default). Plan available IP network segments properly based on actual network conditions. Initialization The Device is delivered in an uninitialized status.
User’s Manual Step 5 All the devices found in the network segment are listed. Select one or several devices with Status shows Uninitialized, and then click Initialize. Step 6 Select the devices that need initialization, and then click Initialize. Step 7 Figure 4-2 Password setting Step 8...
User’s Manual Figure 4-3 Modify IP Address Select Static mode, and then enter start IP, subnet mask, and gateway. All the IP addresses Step 3 will be modified sequentially from the start IP. IP addresses of multiple devices will be set to the same if you select the Same IP ...
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User’s Manual Figure 4-4 Update Click Search setting. Step 3 Step 4 Select the network segment for the target device. If the IP address of the target device is in the current network segment, select Current Segment Search, and then enter the user name and the password of the target device. Figure 4-5 Current segment search If the IP address of the target device is in other network segment, select Other...
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User’s Manual Figure 4-6 Other segment search Click OK. Step 5 The search result is displayed. Figure 4-7 Search result Step 6 Select the devices to update. Update devices one by one: Select the corresponding device, and then click Browse. ...
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User’s Manual Figure 4-8 Browse Step 8 Update the devices. Update the devices one by one: Click Upgrade, and the system starts updating. You can see the update progress. Update the devices in batches: Click OK, and the system starts updating. ...
User’s Manual If the update failed, you can: Check whether the update file is correct. Restart the ConfigTool and do the update again. Logging in to Device Web On the interface of modifying IP address, click of the corresponding device to go to the device login interface.
User’s Manual Web Operations After mounting the Device, you need to power on the Device, connect it to the network, and make proper settings, then you can get the desired detection results. The actual interface might vary depending on the model you purchased and the version of software. The figures in this manual are only for reference, and the actual interface shall prevail.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-1 Device Initialization Step 4 Enter Password and Confirm Password. The new password must consist of 8–32 characters and contain at least two types from upper cases, lower cases, numbers, and special characters (excluding ' " ; : and &). If you want to change your password again, go to Setup >...
User’s Manual Prompt box will pop out when username or password is incorrect, and it will remind you of remaining attempts. The account will be locked for 300 s if user enters incorrect username or password for 5 times consecutively. Click Please click here to download and install the plug-in in the video window.
User’s Manual 5.1.4 Logout Click Logout at the upper-right side of the web interface to log out. You can enter the username and password to log in again. 5.1.5 Resetting Password You can reset your password through email when it is lost or forgotten. Make sure that your email is correctly entered during initialization (see "5.1.2 Initialization").
User’s Manual Figure 5-1 Reset password (2) 5.1.6 Web Functions You can view real-time video captured by the Device, set detection rules of number plate recognition and traffic violations, and play back video recordings and snapshots to trace back event (if any). Here introduces the overview of each function button on the Live interface.
User’s Manual Figure 5-2 Live Table 5-3 Description of Live interface Description Description Video stream System functions Live view Functions of Live interface Logged plate number Vehicle snapshot Plate snapshot Event list 5.2.1 Video Stream Main Stream: Make sure that the Device can record video and carry out network surveillance ...
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User’s Manual Figure 5-3 Big window : Click it to open image adjustment window on the right, meanwhile the button turns . Click to close image adjustment window. For image adjustment description, see Table 5-4. : Click it and the image is 100% displayed, meanwhile the button turns to .
User’s Manual Icon Name Description Click it to restore brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue to default — values. In this image adjustment window, you can only adjust image brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation of local web. To adjust system brightness, contrast, hue and saturation, go to Setup > Camera >...
User’s Manual Icon Name Description Click it, and the Device takes a snapshot when a vehicle passes. The snapshot is saved in the storage path. Manual Snapshot Enable ANPR Receive first. To change the storage path of snapshots, go to Setup > ...
User’s Manual Select a picture and click Open, or double-click a picture to view the picture in a photo Step 4 viewer. Figure 5-4 PC picture 5.3.2 Record Query Search for the video recordings stored on your PC to trace back abnormal event (if any). 5.3.2.1 Record You can search for the recorded video on your PC and also play back the video.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-5 Record Table 5-6 Play parameters Icon Description Click it, and then you can select Original or Adpative playback. Click it to enable smart track detection. Number plate, vehicle bounding box, and other smart tracking information will be displayed in the video iamge. Click it to enter full screen.
User’s Manual Figure 5-6 Watermark Click Open Record to select the record. Step 2 Click Water Verify. The system will display the verify progress and normal watermark information. Settings You can configure device attributes to make the Device clearly display the monitoring image of the scenario, set the detection rules to make the Device detect parking space status (occupied or empty), set network parameters of the Device, and view device and system information.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-7 Parking property Step 2 Enable capturing parking spaces according to the number of parking spaces actually detected. Enter the current parking area or zone in Parking Zone. Step 3 Select parking space No. from Parking Space Number (Customize Parking No. changes Step 4 according to the defined Parking Space Number).
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User’s Manual Select a parking space that you have drawn, and then click Redraw, or click delete the selected parking space. Click Confirm. Step 4 Figure 5-8 Scene configuration 5.4.1.1.3 Recognition Set the vehicle recognition parameters, including local plate characters, detection threshold, and more.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-10 Advanced config 5.4.1.2 OSD Config OSD (On-screen Display) refers to characters overlaid in the video or picture, so users can easily view related information. 5.4.1.2.1 Video OSD Configure OSD information of video channel, including channel title, time title, and more, and then the OSD information will be overlaid on the video.
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User’s Manual Step 5 Click to add customized title. You can configure other OSD information and its position as needed. Step 6 The system supports up to 5 customized titles. Click Confirm. Step 7 5.4.1.2.2 Snap OSD Configure the OSD information and position of image, and then the OSD information will be overlaid on the snapshots.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-13 New line and separater Configure OSD Option. Step 8 Click Recommend Overlay to configure general overlay OSD options with one click. Table 5-7 Snap OSD parameters Parameter Description Select an OSD option, and then click Insert Front or Insert Back before selecting Insert Front another OSD option, the new OSD option will be shown before after the original Insert Back...
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User’s Manual Figure 5-14 Light control Step 2 Configure the parameters. Table 5-8 Description of indicator light control parameters Parameter Description Light Config When the parking space indicator status of parking detector A needs to be remotely controlled by parking detector B, enter the IP address of B in Controlled IP, and the indicator light status of A will be controlled by B.
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User’s Manual Parameter Description OverLine (parking over parking line). Indicator colors available: Red, yellow, blue, green, cyan, white, and pink. You can also select Close to disable indicator light. Space OverLine By selecting Twinkle, the indicator flashes. If not, the ...
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User’s Manual Figure 5-15 Remote control Select the check box to enable remote control. Enter the username, password, and IP address of the controlled parking detector. Click Save. Click to add more parking detectors, or click to delete the corresponding device.
User’s Manual Parameter Description Serial port protocol. Transparency Serial and DHRS Device are available. Protocol Select DHRS Device when external indicator light is connected. Data Bit It is 8 by default. It is 1 by default. Stop Bit Select the corresponding baud rate. A high baud rate helps move data fast, but Baud Rate needs a wide bandwidth.
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User’s Manual 5.4.2.1.1 General You can configure the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, mode, and more of the Device. Select Setup > Camera > Camera Attribute > General. Step 1 Figure 5-18 General Step 2 Configure the parameters. Table 5-10 General parameters Parameter Description You can adjust the overall image brightness.
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User’s Manual Parameter Description Colorful: The image is always colored. Auto: When the brightness is higher than the threshold, the image Mode automatically changes to color; when it is below the threshold, the image changes to black and white. B/W: The image is always black and white.
User’s Manual Parameter Description Enable BLC, and adjust the WDR range to get clear image in the condition of strong background light. Close: Always close BLC. WDR: Enable WDR (wide dynamic range) to help provide clear video images in bright and dark light. It is 50 by default. BLC: Adjust the video brightness of a region or globally.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-20 Video stream Step 2 Configure the parameters. Table 5-12 Video stream parameter Parameter Description Stream Type Currently, only Normal stream is supported. Encode Mode Modes of H.264B, H.264M, H.264H, MJPEG, and H.265 can be selected. The higher the value, the clearer the overall image. For each resolution, the recommended bit stream value is different.
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User’s Manual Parameter Description You can verify the watermark to check whether the video has been tampered. Select the Watermark Settings check box to enable watermark verification. The Watermark watermark character is DigitalCCTV by default. Settings Watermark character consists of up to 85 characters from numbers, letters and underlines.
User’s Manual Click Confirm. Step 4 Figure 5-22 Interest area 5.4.4 Network You can configure network parameters such as IP address, MAC address, subnet mask, default gateway, and more. 5.4.5 TCP/IP You can configure host name, IP address, and more. Step 1 Select Setup >...
User’s Manual Table 5-13 TCP/IP parameters Parameter Description Host Name Configure the host name (not exceeding 32 characters). Ethernet Card Only supports wire cards. Static and DHCP modes are available. When DHCP is selected, the Device automatically searches IP. In this ...
User’s Manual Parameter Description Media streaming control port. It is 554 by default. RTSP Port HTTPS Port HTTPS communication port. It is 443 by default. Click Confirm. Step 3 5.4.7 ONVIF Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) is an open industry forum with the goal of providing and promoting standardized interfaces for interoperability of physical IP-based security products, such as IP camera, network recorder, and more.
User’s Manual 5.4.9 Event An alarm will be triggered when an abnormal event occurs to the Device. The event types include: Network Error: Alarm will be triggered when there is Off-line Event (the Device is offline) or IP Conflict. Illegal Access: Alarm will be triggered when unauthorized access is detected by the system.
User’s Manual Table 5-16 Save path 5.4.11 System You can configure system information, add users, restore to factory settings, import and export system configuration files, and more. 5.4.11.1 General You can configure display language, video standard, and also set the time and time zone of the Device.
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User’s Manual Parameter Description Device Code No. of the Device. The device code cannot be overlaid in OSD information. Language of web browser interface. You need to log in again when switching to Language another language. Currently, only English is supported. PAL and NTSC are available.
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User’s Manual Parameter Description Select the check box to enable NTP (network time protocol) time synchronization. NTP Setting NTP Server The IP address and the port number of NTP server. Required when NTP Setting is selected. Port Time Zone The time zone where the Device locates. Interval The time synchronization interval of the Device and the NTP.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-30 Account Step 2 Add a user. Click Add User. On the Add User interface, configure the user information including username, password, group name, memo, and operation permissions (see Figure 5-31). Set login restrictions (if necessary), and then the restricted IP address will be unable to log in to the Device during the restricted period.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-32 Set log restriction You can also: Delete a user: Click to delete the corresponding user. Modify user information: Click corresponding to the user. You can modify the information such as username, password, email address, group name, and memo. Click Save to save the settings.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-33 Modify user Modify password: On the Modify User interface, select the Modify Password check box. Enter the old and new passwords, and confirm password. Click Save after configuration. Configure the password according to the password strength prompt. The new password must be 8–32 characters and contain at least two types from numbers, upper case letters, lower case letters and special characters (excluding ' "...
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User’s Manual Item Evaluation Categories: Upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and special characters. 2 points: A combination of two categories. Combination 3 points: A combination of three categories. 5 points: A combination of four categories. ≥70 points: Strong.
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User’s Manual Modify group information: Click corresponding to the group, and then you can modify the memo and authority of the group. Click Save after configuration. Figure 5-36 Modify group The admin and user groups cannot be deleted. A group cannot be deleted if the group has user(s).
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User’s Manual Figure 5-37 Onvif user Step 2 Manage ONVIF users. Add ONVIF user: Click Add User, and then you can configure user information such as username, password, and group name. Click Save after configuration. Figure 5-38 Add User Modify user information: Click corresponding to the user, and then you can modify ...
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User’s Manual Modify password: On the Modify User interface, select the Modify Password check box. Enter the old and new passwords, and confirm password. Click Save after configuration. Configure the password according to the password strength prompt. The new password must be 8–32 characters and contain at least two types from numbers, upper case letters, lower case letters and special characters (excluding ' "...
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User’s Manual Parameter Description Select the Enable check box to enable RTSP over TLS service. RTSP over TLS Private Protocol Keep the recommended Security Mode. Authentication Mode Step 3 Click Confirm. 5.4.11.3.2 HTTPS On the HTTPS interface, you can create certificate or install signed certificate, so that you can log in to the web page by HTTPS.
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User’s Manual The system prompts Operation succeeded! when it is done successfully. Step 4 Click Install to install the certificate. Step 5 The system prompts Operation succeeded! after installation, and the information of the Step 6 HTTPS certificate will be displayed in Attribute. Figure 5-43 Certificate installation Click Download, and then select the path to save the certificate.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-44 Certificate Click Install Certificate…, and then click OK.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-47 Select certificate store Select Trusted Root Certification Authorities, and then click OK. Figure 5-48 Completing the certificate import wizard Click Finish, and then it prompts that The import was successful. Click OK. Step 9 Select the Enable HTTPS check box, and then click OK. Step 10 The Device will restart.
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User’s Manual Figure 5-49 HTTPS Click Browse corresponding to Certificate Path to select the signed certificate. Step 2 Click Browse corresponding to Certificate Key Path to select the private key file of Step 3 certificate. Step 4 Install the root certificate. For details, see Step 6 of "Creating Certificate." Select the Enable HTTPS check box, and then click OK.
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User’s Manual Prevent Semijoin: Prevents half-open SYN attacks. When Network Access is set to the Rule Type, you can select Enable, and then start Step 3 configuring the blocklist and allowlist. Devices in the blocklist cannot access to the corresponding ports of the Device.
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User’s Manual 5.4.11.5 Import/Export The system supports exporting the configurations on web to local PC, and importing the configuration files from local backup. Select Setup > System > Import/Export. Step 1 Figure 5-53 Import/Export Click Import or Export. Step 2 Import: Import the configuration files from local backup.
User’s Manual Do not disconnect the power or network, or restart the Device during update. Incorrect update programs might result in the Device unable to work. Select Setup > System > Upgrade. Step 1 Click Import to select the firmware update file (.bin). Step 2 Click Upgrade to update the firmware.
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User’s Manual 5.4.12.2 Log 5.4.12.2.1 System Log You can search for and view logs by the time and type, and back up the logs. The log type includes All, System, Setting, Data, Event, Record, Account, and Safety. Select Setup > System Info > Log > Log. Step 1 Configure Start Time and End Time, and then select log type.
User’s Manual Figure 5-58 Remote log 5.4.12.3 Online User Select Setup > System Info > Online User, and then you can view online users’ information, such as username, user local group, IP address, user login time, and more. Figure 5-59 Online user Alarm Select Alarm at the upper-right side of the web interface, and then you can select the event types...
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User’s Manual Table 5-21 Alarm parameters Name Parameter Description Illegal Access Alarm is triggered when illegal access is detected. Alarm Type Security Alarm is triggered when network security problem is detected, Exception such as session hijacking. When there is alarm, the device will inform users on the web Operation Listen Alarm interface.
User’s Manual Appendix 1 Question Solution Device error, unable to Press and hold the Reset button for 10 seconds to restore the Device start or operate normally to factory settings. Restart the Device, and try upgrade again 2 minutes later after the Online upgrade failed power indicator is on.
User’s Manual Appendix 2 Cybersecurity Recommendations Cybersecurity is more than just a buzzword: it’s something that pertains to every device that is connected to the internet. IP video surveillance is not immune to cyber risks, but taking basic steps toward protecting and strengthening networks and networked appliances will make them less susceptible to attacks.
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User’s Manual We suggest you to change default HTTP and other service ports into any set of numbers between 1024~65535, reducing the risk of outsiders being able to guess which ports you are using. Enable HTTPS We suggest you to enable HTTPS, so that you visit Web service through a secure communication channel.
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User’s Manual The network should be partitioned and isolated according to the actual network needs. If there are no communication requirements between two sub networks, it is suggested to use VLAN, network GAP and other technologies to partition the network, so as to achieve the network isolation effect.
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