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  • Page 1 MAN AL ANT-35000H ANT-38500 E c d a d d ca.c...
  • Page 2 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Safety Precaution We appreciate your purchasing video server. Before installing the product, please read the following with care ² Make sure to turn off the power before installing video server. ² Do not install under the direct sunlight or in dusty areas.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL 1. Introduction ........................... 5 About this manual ........................ 5 Features ..........................5 Product and Accessories ...................... 6 Part Names and Functions ....................7 System Connections ......................11 2. Installation .......................... 14 Connecting Video ......................14 Connecting Audio ......................14 Connecting Serial Ports ......................
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  • Page 5: Introduction

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL 1. Introduction About this manual This User Manual provides information on installation setup and operation of the video server, as well as troubleshooting tips. . Features Video server is a video and audio transmission system that provides broadcast quality audio and video, based on IP network through LAN and ADSL/VDSL.

  • Page 6: Product And Accessories

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Sensor and Alarm Support direct connections of external sensor and alarm devices Event Alarm Connection to internal or external USB storage for remote access, recording and playback User Interface Diagnose and upgrade through dedicated program called True Manager...

  • Page 7: Part Names And Functions

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Part Names and Functions Front View Parts Function Display system status ① USB Port USB Recording ② User Key Record Start & Stop button ③ 7/84...
  • Page 8 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Rear View Part Function ① Power DC +12V power input ② RS-232 Serial port for PTZ control and etc ③ RS-422/485 Serial port for PTZ control and etc ④ Sensor Sensor input ⑤ Alarm Alarm or Relay Output ⑥...
  • Page 9 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Front View Parts Function Display system status ① USB Port USB Recording ② User Key Record Start & Stop button ③ 9/84...
  • Page 10 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Rear View Part Function ① Power DC +12V power input ② RS-232 Serial port for PTZ control and etc ③ RS-422/485 Serial port for PTZ control and etc ④ Sensor Sensor input ⑤ Alarm Alarm or Relay Output ⑥...

  • Page 11: System Connections

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL System Connections Video server operates as one mode; Encoder or Decoder. Video server can be connected in either 1-to-1 fashion where one encoder is connected one decoder or 1-to-many fashion where one encoder connected to many decoders.
  • Page 12 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL 1:N Connection (Unidirectional Transmission). Remote Center (Decoder or VMS System Site (Encoder) In this configuration, a site can be monitored from many remote center locations. Maximum connections would be limited by the network bandwidth. Functionally, the VMS (Video Management System) software can be replaced as the decoder.
  • Page 13 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL VMS(Video Management System) Site Remote Center Site Remote Center (Decoder) VMS (Video Management System) that supports Onvif is a Windows based remote monitoring program to access multiple encoders for real-time monitoring or control of the encoders and connected cameras.

  • Page 14: Installation

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL 2. Installation Connecting Video Encoder system mode Connect camera or other video source such as computer’s video output line to the encoder (video server) video input port. HDMI cable ver. is 2.2. Decoder system mode Connect a monitor to HDMI output of video server accordingly Connecting Audio It is possible to set the mode as Tx-only, Rx-only, Tx-Rx or audio off.

  • Page 15: Front Led Display And Button

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Front LED display and button ○ PWR ○ STATUS ○ LAN ○ HDMI □ USB3.0 ◎ Rec BTN ○ BTN Status Description of LED PWR STATUS LAN HDMI ◎ System status can be monitored with LED display...

  • Page 16: System Operation

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL 3. System Operation Remote Video Monitoring There are two ways to monitor video when the center system and IP camera are connected. In order for a proper operation, an IP address must be set accordingly. Default password is requested modification for better security.
  • Page 17 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Select the Video stream to be viewed: Primary, Secondary #1, #2, Video Select This video server is capable of quadruple streaming; primary streaming and secondary streaming #1~#3. Video will be displayed according to the resolution set on video configuration.
  • Page 18 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Pattern, Swing, Group can be activated as configured PTZ Page. Select List Sensor Input and Alarm Output Display the status of the sensor in real time. When the sensor of the video server is working, the sensor light turns red and operate the alarm device by pressing the number icon.
  • Page 19 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Video Monitoring with Decoder System Once camera’s IP address is set in the remote IP address section of the decoder, the decoder system will connect to camera and start receiving the video images. Normally, a monitor connected to the decoder...

  • Page 20: Remote Configuration

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL 4. Remote Configuration Using Web Browser Remote setting is available by using web browser. Enter IP address of Video Server and then a live view screen appears as below. Press Setup button located in the upper right area of the monitoring screen to go to the server setup.

  • Page 21: Video & Audio

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Video & Audio Information Video and Audio status shows at this page including Algorithm, Resolution, Bitrate etc. 21/84...
  • Page 22 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Video Performance Calculation Shows the performance usage rate according to the value set at ‘Encode’ mode underneath. Input Format Choose the input format from the list that is matched to output of camera or other video source.
  • Page 23 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Resolution Select video encoding resolution. Scaling option is used when encoding resolution is different from input resolution. Without Scaling option, input video will be cut according to encoding resolution. On the other hand, if Scaling is selected, input video will be adjusted according to encoding resolution.
  • Page 24 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL H.264 Profile Select H.264 Profile: High Profile or Baseline Profile The standard defines various sets of capabilities which are referred to as profiles, targeting specific classes of application. High Profile The Primary profile for broadcast and disc storage applications, particularly for high-definition television application.
  • Page 25 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Algorithm Select H.264 or MJPEG or H.265 for the secondary, tertiary or quartic streaming. In case of H.264, wither bitrate mode or Quality mode can be selected for Preference mode in. On the other hand, MJPEG supports Quality mode...
  • Page 26 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Mode Select audio operation mode Mode Action No operation Tx-Only Transmit only Rx-Only Receive only Tx & Rx Transmit and Receive Input Gain Set audio input gain from 0 to 31. Output Output Format Select the format of output when Enable Preview is selected.

  • Page 27: Image

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Image Mask There are 4 regions that user draw on the video as shown above. 27/84...

  • Page 28: Network

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Network IP & Port Local 28/84...
  • Page 29 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Select the IP mode: Fixed IP or DHCP Depending on the selected mode, further configuration items come as follows, IP Mode Selection Description Local IP Fixed IP address Fixed IP LocalGateway Gateway IP address Local Subnet Subnet mask DHCP Please ask IP address information from ISP provider or network manager.
  • Page 30 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Enter RTSP port used for RTSP-based connection. The default TRSP port is 554. RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is a standard for media streaming between server and client. Ø Audio Receive Port Enter Audio port used for audio transmission from client or other software. Default Audio Receive Port is 2280.
  • Page 31 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL QoS (Quality of Service) guarantees a certain level of a specified resource to selected traffic on a network. A QoS-aware network prioritizes network traffic and provides greater network reliability by controlling the amount of bandwidth and application may use. Using DSCP (Differentiated Services Codepoint) values, Video Server can mark the following types of traffic: live video, event/alarm traffic and management traffic.
  • Page 32 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Discovery UPNP By the setting UPNP to ON, it allows the discovery by the clients according to UPNP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol. Zeroconf By setting Zerodonf to ON, it allows the discovery by the clients according to zeroconf protocol.
  • Page 33 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL One-way Video Server provides two kinds of one-way (unidirectional) streaming based on UTP to clients; MPEG-TS and RTMP. Both are a kind of broadcasting where traffic from clients to a server is not generated at all. MPEG-TS is a standard format for transmission and storage of audio, video, and data, and is used in broadcast systems such as DVB and ATSC.
  • Page 34 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Ø Destination IP : Set the IP Address of the destination system which will receive RTMP Stream. Ø StreamName : Enter streamname that will be used as session name Ø User Name : Enter the user name that will be used as session name Ø...
  • Page 35 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL SNMP Setup for using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). It is compatible to both SNMPv1 and SNMPvec. Settings for using SNMP are as following; SNMP Listen Port (0, 161, 1025 ~ 65535) The port is for connecting external device when system operates as a SNMP client. SNMP is not used by setting 0 value.
  • Page 36 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL DDNS Select DDNS (Dynamic DNS) server to use. One of the two can be selected. TrueDNS True DNS service is used in the mode. Systems can be registered on the website for True DNS service, http://ns1.truecam.net. A system will get a domain name of xxx.truecam.net. Please refer to user guide document for True DNS service.
  • Page 37 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Vdyn Vdyn is a DDNS service provided by Visionica (http://visionica.com). No further configuration is required for using this service. It internally uses MAC address for the registration. When it succeeds, the domain name of the form 001C63A607EC.visionica.info is displayed on Current Domain entry of Network page.
  • Page 38 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL E-mail E-mail Specify the information to send event information, when E-mail is selected as an event action. Ø Server Address Enter an address of mail (SMTP) server Ø Port Specify a port for SMTP operation (Port 25 is the default port in SMTP operation. If a different port is configured in the SMTP server, this ports needs to be changed accordingly.)
  • Page 39 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Ø E-mail Test E-mail sending can be tested with this button. Please note that configured settings should be saved first by pressing Apply button before using E-mail Test function. One of the following messages will come as a result of the test.
  • Page 40 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Specify the information to upload event information, when FTP is selected as an event action. Server Address Ø Enter an address of an RTP server to receive video files Ø Port Specify a port for FTP operation (port 21 is the default port in FTP operation. If a different port is configured in the FTP server, this port needs to be changed accordingly.)
  • Page 41 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL %YYYY : year %MM : month %DD : day %hh : hour %mm : minute %ss : second %EVENT : event type (Sensor1, Motion, ...) %ADDR : address of the server (Domain name when DDNS is used. Otherwise IP address) “.avi”...
  • Page 42 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Continuous upload ‘ON’ allows video clips to be transmitted regularly regardless of occurrence of event. When this mode is activated, FTP upload by event is suppressed. Ø Upload Duration Specify recording duration of a video clip to be transmitted. (max 300 sec.) Ø...

  • Page 43: Event

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Event Notification Local When a decoder instead of a PC client is connected to an IP camera, one system becomes a Local system and the other a Remote system (Generally a system which is being used by the user is called as Local system).
  • Page 44 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Sensor1 / Sensor2 Configure the actions when the sensor is activated. Multiple actions can be set for a single event. On Video Loss Configure the actions when video input signal is lost. Multiple actions can be set for a single event.
  • Page 45 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Motion Detection Use Motion Detection Determine to use Motion Detection function. Motion Detection Area Editing Configure region for motion detection. Regions of arbitrary shape can be configured by the following steps; Select Enable on Edit tab. Select editing mode. Set is for including cells to motion detection region and Erase is for excluding.
  • Page 46 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Audio Detection Silence Detection When silence is detected for a specified amount of time, it will work with event. Detection level is between -10dBFS and -60 dBFS and time can be set up to 120 seconds. Sound Detection When sound is detected for a specified amount of time, it will work with event.
  • Page 47 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Sensor Sensor Type There are two sensor input ports on video server. Each of the sensor ports can be configured to the followings; Function Operation Not used NO (Normally Open) The port is normally open and activated when closed.
  • Page 48 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Alarm Set the duration of alarm or beep activation in case of an event. If it is set to continuous, it will be in active state until the operator resets it manually. Event OSD User can create OSD in any position with above options with different colors.

  • Page 49: Record

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL HTTP Action According to Event, Video Server will transmit HTTP API to Device. (User should put in HTTP API) Before starting this feature, please enable HTTP Action on Notification page Record General Use record Ø Off : Recording function will not be used when “OFF” is selected.
  • Page 50 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Select Video Select video stream to record. Manual record When On is selected, record is operated regardless of schedule. Overwrite When the disk becomes full, the oldest data are deleted automatically. It is valid only when Use Record is set to Use disk.
  • Page 51 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Schedule Event Type Three recording modes are supported: Continuous, Event, Disconnect. In case of Event recording, event types can be selected among several events. Selected event type is used for configuring the schedule table. Up to 4 event types can be configured and each event type can be a combination of sensor, video loss and motion event.
  • Page 52 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Disk Information USB memory stick or USB HDD can be used, and at least 1GB size is recommended. Either EXT3 or FAT32 file system can be used. A disk with either EXT3 or FAT32 file system can be read in Linux PC.
  • Page 53 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Search Page Recorded video and audio data can be saved as AVI or MP4 file format in the disk. In general, one AVI file is created for an event in case of event-based recording. However, it is possible that recorded data by serious of events happening continuously can be merged to a single AVI file depending on pre/post event time setting.
  • Page 54 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Playback 1. Selecting an AVI file will show a dialog for opening or saving the file 2. Pressing Save button, the file will be stored in the PC. The AVI file can be played with Windows Media Player.

  • Page 55: Device

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Device Information The information provides current serial communication status. Serial Serial Protocol: There are two serial ports, RS-232, RS-422/485 and select option accordingly. Serial Port Configuration: The serial ports can be configured as follows. Each of the serial ports configurations must be same as the connecting device...

  • Page 56: Ptz

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL General PTZ Type Select the type of PTZ camera or receiver. PTZ ID Since it is possible to control multiple PTZ cameras or receivers over a single control line, each camera or receiver will be assigned with unique ID. Enter PTZ ID of a camera or receiver for control. The ID value range can be between 0 and 255.
  • Page 57 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Preset Max 500 preset positions can be defined. Select Preset Number: Select an entry in the list to be assigned to current camera position. Focus Mode: Select the focus mode after preset Goto is executed. Ø Do not change: current focus mode is not changed.
  • Page 58 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Group This function is that the camera memorizes the combination of Presets, Pattern and/or Swings sequentially and runs Presets, Pattern and/or Swings repetitively on activation. Max 8 groups are programmable. Each group can have max 20 actions which are the combinations of Preset, Pattern and Swing.
  • Page 59 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Advanced Max Jog speed: There are eight level on zoom speed. Max zoom speed: There are eight level on zoom speed. Free on Position Move During PTZ operating, stopped video before PTZ operating is showing on the display. Once PTZ operation is stopped, video is changed to the current position.
  • Page 60 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Auto Flip On: in case that tilt angle arrives at the top of tilt orbit, zoom module camera turns on its axis by 180 degrees at the top of tilt orbit and moves to opposite tilt direction to keep tracking targets...
  • Page 61 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Direct OSD (ONLY PT System) 360 degrees panoramic shot User can select areas where for putting in OSD Range # - In: According to coordinate value, user can see specific OSD. Range # - On: regardless of coordinate value, user can see specific OSD.

  • Page 62: User

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL User User List - User can be registered and privilege level of a user can be specified. User configuration is allowed only to admin user. Max 16 users can be registered and each user can have one of four privileges.
  • Page 63 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Change Password Press Modify Password button. The following window will appear. Enter the current password and then set a new password. Modify Privilege Level Press Modify Privilege button to change User level. It is not allowed to change the privilege level of admin user.
  • Page 64 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Login Policy Authentication Type HTTP authentication based on RFC 2617(HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication) is supported. Skip Login Skip Login provides for convenient access to the Video Server when authentication is not required. When Skip Login is set to Enable, login step is skipped.

  • Page 65: System

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL System Information System information Followed network information is displayed (Read only) Model Display the model name. Version Display the current firmware version. ONVIF Version Display the current Onvif version. OpenSSL Version Display the current OpenSSL Version. Mac Address Display the MAC address of the camera.
  • Page 66 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Upgrade & Reboot Firmware Version : Display the current firmware version Upgrade: To upgrade firmware; 1. Press Browse button to select a firmware file from PC. 2. Press Firmware Upgrade button to start upgrading. 3. A message for showing status (downloading / upgrading) will be displayed.
  • Page 67 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Config Backup & Retore Backup All the setting of configuration can be stored. Restore Stored configuration can be browsed and restored. The server is rebooted once Config Restore button is pressed. Reboot Reboot the camera Do not press the Reboot button unless the server needs a reboot.
  • Page 68 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Enter a new date and time then press Set Current Time button to update date & time. Time Format Change the time format. The selectable time formats are as below; I. YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss (Eg. 2012/10.30 12:30:45) II. DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss (Eg. 10/30/2012 12:30:45) III.
  • Page 69 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL System ID Enter System ID that is used as a Video Server name. The set System ID is displayed with video image on a Web Browser. The System ID is also transferred to remote software, such as VMS, and displayed on it.
  • Page 70 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Note that size of Burnin OSD display varies according to the encoding resolution setting. This is inevitable because Burnin OSD is inserted to the frames before encoding is performed. The following table describes the rule for BurnIn OSD display.
  • Page 71 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL System Mode User selects Encoder mode and Decoder mode. Once system mode is changed, Video Server is rebooted. 71/84...
  • Page 72 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL System Mode Video Server’s log can be shown and saved as txt file. Various filters could be selected. User Log User (Client) log can be shown and saved as txt file. Save Log Option Various options can be included or excluded.

  • Page 73: Decoder Configuration

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL 5. Decoder Configuration Decoder Configuration is slightly different from Encoder Configuration. Different configurations for the encoder will be explained in Decoder Configuration System Mode Video Output 73/84...
  • Page 74 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Output Format Regardless input resolution of Encoder or IP camera, Decoder system of TCS-8500 can display video format Buffering You can store maximum 30 decoded frames temporarily by using buffering before displaying the frames. Displaying stored frames is smoother than displaying in real time. However, displaying stored frames causes delay because of process of buffering.
  • Page 75 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Output OSD Ø Normal User Define Burn in OSD User can insert OSD according to position and color up to 8 string. Operation OSD When events are occurred such as Disconnection, Video Loss, No Data, Try Connecting, user can...
  • Page 76 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Remote Ø Normal Connection for Encoder and decoder (default port: 2222) Ø RTSP RTSP/RTP: Decoder system can make connection though RTSP protocol and get the stream via RTP. It is also possible to make connection with other vendor’s H.264 IP camera supporting standard RTSP/RTP and standard H.264 algorithm.
  • Page 77 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Ø MPEG-TS MPEG-TS is one of the ways to transmit audio/video packets in a broadcast way from server to client. Only UDP packets are delivered. Set remote Type to MPEG-TS and enter IP address of remote system in Address section. Port number should be matched with remote system.
  • Page 78 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Ø RTMP RTMP is one way streaming which transmits media via streaming server such as Youtube, Facebook or Wowza. Enter destination IP/StreamName in Address. Destination IP and Stream name can be found on streaming server. Ø 78/84...
  • Page 79 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL SRT is an open source video transport protocol and technology stack that optimizes streaming performance across unpredictable networks with secure streams and easy firewall traversal, bringing the best quality live video over the worst networks Remote Type...
  • Page 80 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Decode List Up to 100 systems can be registered. 80/84...

  • Page 81: Appendix A : Sensor And Alarm Port

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Appendix A : Sensor and Alarm Port Sensor Port Terminal Type Color : Green Sensor Signal Input Type NO Contact Signals Connection to External Device (Using switch) 81/84...
  • Page 82 ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Alarm Port Power Rating (User has to use following spec) Voltage Rating: 12VDC Current Rating : 0.1A Alarm Signal Output Type NO/NC Contact Signals Connection to External Device External alarm line power is under 12V/0.1A External alarm line power is over 12V/0.1A...

  • Page 83: Appendix B : Serial Port

    ANT-38500 USER MANUAL Appendix B : Serial Port RS-232 Port Port Type 3 PIN Pin Arrangement Pin Description Pin NO Pin Name Description RS232 TX(Transmit) RS232 RX(Receive) Ground RS-422/485 Port Port Type 4 PIN Pin Diagram Pin Description Pin No.
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