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Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus. CAUTION EXPLANATION OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"...
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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. Description This manual applies to the VK2-1080VRDIR3V9F, VK2-1080VRD3V9F and VK2-1080VRD3V9 These domes are fully featured Vandal resistant day/night IP cameras Model Name Features Varifocal Lens VK2-1080VRD3V9 No IR LED Motorized Varifocal Lens VK2-1080VRD3V9F No IR LED Motorized Varifocal Lens VK2-1080VRDIR3V9F Built-in 24 IR LEDs The In built IR LEDs will guarantee 24/7 images at a range of up to 10m.
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. • Dual or triple streams The Network Camera can deliver dual or triple video streams simultaneously at full frame rate in all resolutions up to Full-HD(1920 x 1080p) using Motion JPEG and H.264 (or MPEG-4).
2. Installation For the operation of the Network Camera, it is necessary to connect a network cable for data transmission, power connection from supplied power adapter. Depending on operation methods, it is possible to connect an alarm cable additionally. For its fixation on different locations, please consult with an installer.
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Parts and Description(Models equipped without IR LEDs only) VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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Camera Dimension See the diagrams below for the exact dimension of the vandal proof dome network cameras. Dimensions Unit: mm Adjusting the 3-Axis Gimble The Gimble mechanism yields maximum rotation and placement as shown below. • Z-Axis: Rotation 355° •...
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Base Installation 1. Drill mounting and cable holes in the place (ceiling) to which this dome camera is to be installed using the supplied template sheet. Warning: The total mass of the main unit is approx 1.3kg. Check whether the ceiling to which the Dome Camera is installed is strong enough to hold the unit mass.
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Models equipped with IR LEDs only VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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Models equipped without IR LEDs only VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
2.2 Connection Connection Cable Connector Name Description Ethernet, RJ-45 port compatible with 10/100Mbps having PoE Black functionality. Modular Jack Red: Main Power, 3pin terminal, DC12V 470mA(4.0W) / AC24V/DC12V AC24V 5200mA(6.5W) with heater Off White: AC24V/GND Orange: AC24V Heater Power, 3pin terminal, max. 25Watt @ AC24V Black: AC24V Pink: GND Gray: Alarm Input...
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You can also use a router featuring PoE (Power over Ethernet) to supply power to the camera. The heater will operate properly only by the heater power source of AC 24V. If using PoE, the heater will not operate at all. ...
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The camera enters Zoom and Focus control mode as soon as connecting VK2-LCT to the Service Monitor port. -. Zoom Control: ↑(Zoom In), ↓(Zoom Out) -. Focus Control: ←(Focus Near), →(Focus Far) -. Smart Focus: Press and hold the SET button for 2 or more seconds. The camera readjusts focus automatically.
2.3 Network Connection and IP assignment The Network Camera supports the operation through the network. When a camera is first connected to the network it has no IP address. So, it is necessary to allocate an IP address to the device with the “Smart Manager”...
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 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, 704x480(576), 640x480, 352x240(288), and 320x240. Users are allowed to select the most suitable one out of those modes. Please, adjust the mode in accordance with your specifications...
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Use this scale to control the volume of the speakers. Use this scale to control the volume of the microphone. Use this scale to control the volume of the speakers and microphones. Video Streams The Network Camera provides several images and video stream formats. Your requirements and the properties of your network will determine the type you use.
3.5 Setup This section describes how to configure the network camera, and is intended for product Administrators, who have unrestricted access to all the Setup tools; and Operators, who have access to the settings for Basic, Live View, Video & Image, Audio, Event, and System Configuration. You can configure the network camera by clicking Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page.
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1) Users User access control is enabled by default. An administrator can set up other users, by giving these 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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• 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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3) Video & Image • Stream1 Setting Codec: The codec settings are separated into MPEG4 and H.264. H.264 is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10. This is the new generation compression standard for digital video. This function offers higher video resolution than Motion JPEG or MPEG-4 at the same bit rate and bandwidth, or the same quality video at a lower bit rate.
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MPEG4 SP(Simple Profile): Mostly aimed for use in situations where low bit rate and low resolution are mandated by other conditions of the applications, like network bandwidth, device size etc. Resolution: It enables users to determine a basic screen size when having an access through the Web Browser or PC program.
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JPEG quality: Select the picture quality. If users want to have a high quality of fast image one by one, please decrease the value. For the purpose of general monitoring, please do not change a basic value. Such act may cause a problem to the system performance. •...
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Sound bitrate: Depending on the selected encoding, set the desired audio quality (bitrate). The settings affect the available bandwidth and the required audio quality. • Audio Input Audio from an external line source can be connected to the terminal I/O of the network camera. Input volume: If there are problems with the sound input being too low or high, it is possible to adjust the input gain for the microphone attached to the network camera.
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5) Date & Time • Current Server Time It displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be displayed in 12h clock format in the overlay (see below). • New Server Time Select your time zone from the drop-down list. If you want the server clock to automatically adjust for daylight savings time, select the “Automatically adjustment for daylight saving time changes”.
3.5.2 Video & Image Basic Refer to “3.5.1 Basic Configuration > Video & Image” for more details. VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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Appearance • Image Appearance This page provides access to the advanced image settings for the network camera. Brightness: The image brightness can be adjusted in the range 1-10, where a higher value produces a brighter image. Contrast: Adjust the image's contrast by raising or lowering the value in this field. Saturation: Select an appropriate level by entering a value in the range 1-10.
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AE & AWB to set the exposure and white balance of the network camera. This page provides access • Exposure Control Configure the exposure settings to suit the image quality requirements in relation to lighting consideration. Mode: Supports exposure modes to control the amount of light detected by the camera sensor based on settings for light conditions.
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60Hz: Select at 60 Hz environments. Enable Long Exposure: Set this checkbox to activate the electronic shutter of the camera. Max. Shutter: Select a shutter speed value in the drop-down list. The default setting is 1/15. • White Balance Control This adjusts the relative amount of red, green and blue primary colors in the image so that the neutral colors are reproduced correctly.
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Day & Night • Day & Night Control Select the day/night mode from among three modes. Mode: Normally works in day mode. It switches automatically to night mode in a dark place. Automatic: Normally works in day mode. It switches automatically to night mode in a dark place.
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Privacy Masking - Basic The privacy masking function allows you to mask parts of the video image to be transmitted. You can set up to eight privacy masks and the color of privacy masks is black. The privacy masks are configured by Mask windows. Each window can be selected by clicking with the mouse.
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Webcasting The network camera can stream live video to a website. Copies the HTML code generated on the screen and paste it in page code of the website you want to display live video. Note: To use webcasting service, the Enable Anonymous viewer login option must be checked. Refer to “3.5.1 Basic Configuration >...
3.5.4 Event 1) Event-In On Boot This is used to trigger the event every time the Network Camera is started. Select “Enable” to activate the motion event. VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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Alarm In Select “Enable” to activate the alarm event. The network camera supports 1 alarm input port. Type: Choose the type of alarm you wish to use from the drop-down list. Dwell Time: Set the dwell time of an event lasts for the specified dwell time from the point of detection of an alarm input.
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Manual Trigger This option makes use of the manual trigger button provided on the live view page, which are used to start or stop the event type manually. Alternatively the event can be triggered via the product's API (Application Programming Interface). VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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Motion Motion detection is used to generate an alarm whenever movement occurs (or stops) in the video image. A total of 8 Motion and/or Mask windows can be created and configured. Motion is detected in defined Motion windows, which are placed in the video image to target specific areas.
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• Motion Detection Setting The behavior for each window is defined by adjusting the Threshold and Sensitivity, as described below. A motion index is a set of parameters describing Window Name, Type, Threshold, Sensitivity, and Dwell Time. Window Types is one of Motion and Mask windows. Threshold: Sets up the threshold for the motion detection.
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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” to activate the SMTP operation. Mail Server/Port: Enter the host names (or IP addresses) and port numbers for your mail server in the fields provided, to enable the sending of notifications and image email messages from the camera to predefined addresses via SMTP.
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Login Method: Set the Weakest method allowed to the highest/safest method supported by the mail server. The most secure method is listed in the drop-down list: Login / Plain • SMTP(E-Mail) Receiver Receiver: Enter an email address. You can also register the e-mail address of recipients up to 8.
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Remote directory: Specify the path to the directory where the uploaded images will be stored. If this directory does not already exist on the FTP server, there will be an error message when uploading. User name/Password: Provide your log-in information. •...
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• HTTP Server Setting URL: The network address to the server and the script that will handle the request. For example: http://192.168.12.244/cgi-bin/upload.cgi Port: Enter the port number used by the HTTP server. The default is 80. User name/Password: Provide your log-in information. •...
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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 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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Audio Recorder To use Audio Recorder tool to make an audio file for Audio Alert function, you must install the VK2- Client on the installation CD at first. The VK2-Client program (Start>All Programs> VK2-Client >Tools>ARecorder) in your PC, the ARecorder window will be displayed as below. The description of each button in the ARecorder window follows.
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▼ Record When the network camera detects an event, it can record video stream in the Micro SD Memory (not supplied) or NAS (Network Attached Device) as a storage device. Check the box to enable the service. • Record Setting Overwrite: Click checkbox to overwrite the storage device.
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Note2: Network File System (NFS) is a network file system protocol, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network in a manner similar to how local storage is accessed. NFS, like many other protocols, builds on the Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC) system.
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▼ Event Notification Notification of event can be sent to a a specific server URL address. Click the Enable tick box Add the Server URL address Add the server port VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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▼ Boost The Boost feature allows the cameras to stream at a low frame rate until an event occurs, then the frame rate can be boosted to a user definable setting ( Note it is recommended that the non event frame rate is 2 per second or above).
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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. You can register the event map up to max. 15. Click Add button to make a new event map and you can see a popup window as below. •...
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• Event Out E-mail: Select email addresses you want to send via email that an event has occurred. FTP: Select checkbox beside FTP to record and saves images to an FTP server when an event has occurred. HTTP Server: It sends notification messages to an HTTP server that listens for these. The destination server must first be configured on the Event In page.
3.5.5 System 1) Information You can enter the system information. This page is very useful when you refer device information after installation. • Device Name Configuration Enter the device name. • Location Configuration Enter the location information. You can enter that by four. VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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2) Security Users User access control is enabled by default, when the administrator sets the root password on first access. New users 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)). That is, all communication that would otherwise go via HTTP will instead go via an encrypted HTTPS connection. •...
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IP Filtering Checking the Enable IP address filtering box enables the IP address filtering function. Up to 256 IP address entries may be specified (a single entry can contain multiple IP addresses). Click the Add button to add new filtered addresses. When the IP address filter is enabled, addresses added to the list are set as allowed or denied addresses.
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3) Date & Time • Current Server Time It displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be displayed in 12h clock format in the overlay (see below). • New Server Time Select your time zone from the drop-down list. If you want the server clock to automatically adjust for daylight savings time, select “Automatically adjustment for daylight saving time changes”.
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4) Network Setting in regard to network can be executed. Settings for IP, DNS, Host Name, Port, and ARP/Ping can be established, along with setting for DDNS, uPnP, QoS, Zeroconfig, and Bonjour. VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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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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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 even 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/, or http://www.cctv-network.co.kr/.
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RTP Have 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 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. For more information, please see the online help.
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UPnP The Network Camera includes support for UPnP™. UPnP™ is enabled by default, and the Network Camera then is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. Note: UPnP™ must be installed on your workstation if running Windows XP. To do this, open the Control Panel from the Start Menu and select Add/Remove Programs.
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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: The ability to prioritize traffic and thus allow critical flows to be served before flows with lesser priority.
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• Auto Traffic Control Set a limitation on user network resources by designating the maximum bandwidth. Maximum bandwidth - In case of sharing other network programs or equipment, it is possible to set a limitation on the maximum bandwidth in the unit of Mbit/s or kbit/s. Auto frame rate - Selected if not influenced by a network-related program or equipment without a limitation on the network bandwidth.
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• NAT traversal Settings Enable - when enabled, the network camera attempt to configure port mapping in a NAT router on your network, using UPnP™. Note that UPnP™ must be enabled in the Network Camera (see System>Network>UPnP). automatic setting: The Network Camera automatically search for NAT routers on your network.
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Zeroconfig Zeroconfig allows the network camera to create and assign IP address for network cameras and connect to a network automatically. 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. Note: Bonjour - 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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6) Maintenance • Maintenance Server Restart: The unit is restarted without changing any of the settings. Use this method if the unit is not behaving as expected. Restore: 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...
• Restore Import and apply a setting value saved to a user PC. Note: Backup and Restore can only be used on the same unit running the same firmware. This feature is not intended for multi-configurations or for firmware upgrades. 7) Support The support page provides valuable information on troubleshooting and contact information, should you require technical assistance.
3.6 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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Step forward play: go forward one frame of the video clip. Clip copy: copy the video clip. Zoom In: zoom in the video clip Full Screen: display full screen of the video. (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.
3.7 Help The Help information window will be provided as a popup window so that users can open and read it without a need for log-in. It will offer a description on setting and Help page by which 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 “3.5.5 System > Maintenance”) or use the Reset button (SW1) on the board of the dome camera, as described below: •...
4. Appendix 4.1 Troubleshooting 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. Possible Causes or Corrective Actions Problems/Symptoms No Video in Video Output...
4.2 Alarm Connection The following connection diagram gives an example of how to connect a network camera. 4.3 Preventive Maintenance Preventive maintenance allows detection and correction of minor that faults before they become serious and cause equipment failure. Every three-month, perform the following maintenance. Inspect all connection cables for deterioration or other damage.
4.5 System Requirement for Web Browser Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows Vista 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) VK2-1080VRD(IR)3V9(F) manual V1.1...
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