Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Table of Contents Introduction System Requirements Accessing Camera Settings Accessing the Camera Web Interface Creating the Initial User Logging In Logging Out Using the Live View Navigating Through the Web Interface Saving a Still Image Configuring the System Settings Configuring General Settings Managing the Camera Firmware...
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Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Configuring A/V Streams Compression and Image Rate Enabling and Configuring Smart Compression Saving or Restoring Video Configurations Viewing the RTSP Stream URI Accessing the Still Image URI Configuring Smart Compression Advanced Settings Configuring Radiometry Configuring Events Configuring Motion Detection Configuring Sabotage Detection Configuring ONVIF Analytics Metadata...
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Introduction Before you access the web interface, make sure all the procedures described in the camera installation guide have been completed. Note: Features and options are disabled if they are not supported by the camera. System Requirements The web interface can be accessed from any Windows, Mac, or mobile device using one of the following browsers:...
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Accessing Camera Settings Use the Motorola Camera Configuration Tool (CCT) https://www.pelco.com/camera-configuration-tool/ or the camera web user interface to access camera settings. Note: Smart Analytics configuration requires the CCT. Accessing the Camera Web Interface After the camera has been installed, use the camera's IP address to access the web interface. The IP address can be found in the Motorola Camera Configuration Tool (CCT) —...
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Logging Out To log out of the camera, at the upper right corner of the window, click Logout. Note: After 15 minutes of inactivity, the Web UI will automatically log the user out. C6731M | 02/23...
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Using the Live View After you log in, the first page you see is the Live View. The Live View contains an image panel that displays the live video stream. Navigating Through the Web Interface Use the tabs at the top of the window to navigate through the web interface.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Configuring the System Settings Use the System tab to configuring General Settings, Firmware, Storage Management, and Diagnostics. Configuring General Settings The General Settings page allows you to set the camera's identity. Note: Features and options are disabled if they are not supported by the camera. 1.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual 2. Click the System tab, and then click the Firmware button. 3. Click Choose File, and then browse to and locate the downloaded firmware file. 4. Click Upgrade. Wait until the camera upgrade is complete. To download a bug report, in the Download Bug Report area, click Download.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual 5. On the Video Configurations page, make sure the format is set to H.264 or H.265 to maximize the SD card recording capacity and performance. See the section titled Compression and Image Rate. Downloading Recorded Video from the Web Interface Listed in the Export Recordings section are all the videos that have been recorded to the SD card.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual 1. Click the System tab, and then click the Storage Management button. 2. Delete video by one of the following methods: To delete individual video files, in the Recordings section, select all of the files you want to delete from the Recordings list, click Delete, and then click OK in the confirmation dialog box.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Configuring the Network and Security Settings Use the Network and Security tab to configure the Network, Security, Users, 802.1X, SNMP, and IP Filter settings. Configuring the Network Settings On the Network page, you can change how the camera connects to the server network and choose how the camera keeps time.
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Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual To change the prefix length, enter the preferred IPv6 address using Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation. For example, 2001:db8::1/32 would indicate the address prefix is 32-bits long. By default, the prefix length is set to /64. Note : The configured prefix length might not display correctly in the web interface, but the prefix used by the camera will be the configured length.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual 11. In the Security area, click to select from the drop-down menu the Minimum TLS version that the camera should to encrypt the communication between camera and server, and to block older TLS versions that should not be used. TLS 1.2 is recommended for increased security.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Modifying Users and Passwords 1. Click the Network and Security tab, and then click Users. 2. Click to select a user from the User Name (Security Group), and then click Modify. 3. To change the user’s password, enter a new password for the user. 4.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Configuring the 802.1X Port Security 1. Click the Network and Security tab, and then click the 802.1x button. 2. From the EAP Method drop-down menu, select one of the following and complete the related fields: Select PEAP for username and password authentication.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual 1. Click the Network and Security tab, and then click the SNMP button. 2. In the SNMP Configuration area: a. Click to select the checkbox for Enable SNMP. b. From the Version drop-down menu, select the preferred SNMP version. Be aware that both versions can be configured, but only one can be enabled at a time.
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Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Caution : If you choose to filter IP access using the Allow Access option, make sure that you configure the correct addresses to be allowed or you might be locked out of your camera. Deny Access: Select this option to deny access to the specific IP address entries you will make below.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Configuring Imaging On the Imaging and Display page, you can control the camera’s image settings and adjust sharpness and contrast in the camera’s live video stream. Note: Features and options are disabled if they are not supported by the camera. Configuring General Imaging Settings 1.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual histogram (a measurement tool your thermal camera uses to calculate images) is generated. Classic Histogram (Classic HEQ) equalization uses the cumulative histogram as a mapping function between 14-bit and 8-bit. The intent is to devote the most gray- shades to those portions of the input range occupied by the most pixels.
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Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Click to select the window blank box to delete, click the X at the top-right corner of the gray box to delete the window blank box, and then click OK in the confirmation dialog box. 2.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Configuring A/V Streams Configure compression and image rate, smart compression, RTSP stream URI, Still Image URI, Audio Configurations, and advanced smart compression on the A/V Streams page. Compression and Image Rate On the Compression and Image Rate page, you can change the camera’s compression and image quality settings for sending video over the network.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual retained for subjects of interest while reducing bandwidth for unchanging backgrounds. When enabled, the camera will automatically switch to idle scene mode settings when there are no motion events detected. A motion event is when the camera detects pixel motion in the scene. For more information, see the section titled Configuring Motion Detection.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual b. Add your username and password to the beginning of the address in this format: rtsp://<username>:<password>@<generated RTSP Stream URI>/ For example: rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.79/defaultPrimary?streamType=u c. Open the live video stream. Accessing the Still Image URI On the A/V Streams tab, Video Configurations page, you can access the last still image frame that the camera recorded.
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Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual temperature readings. Cycle through the options and see how the resulting image looks, Note : Other factors such as distance, reflectivity, and humidity may also affect the camera readings. 3. Click Apply to save the settings. C6731M | 02/23...
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Configuring Events Use the Events tab to configure Motion, Sabotage, Analytics Configuration, and DIO settings. Note: Other analytics events that are not available in the camera UI can be configured using CCT. Configuring Motion Detection On the Motion Detection page, you can define the green motion detection areas in the camera’s field of view.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual 1. Click the Events tab, and then click the Sabotage button. 2. If necessary, click to select the checkbox for Enable Tamper Detection. This is the default setting. 3. In the Sensitivity field, enter a number between 1 and 10 to define how sensitive the camera is to a sudden change in the scene.
Sarix® Thermal Enhanced 4 Operations Manual Accessing the About Button To access information about your camera, at the upper right corner of the window, click the About button. This page summarizes information about your camera including: Name, Location, Part Number, Serial Number, Device UUID, Vasys Version, Build Hash, MAC Address, ONVIF Conformance, Secure Boot, Power Source, Core Firmware Version, Core Part Number, and Core Serial Number.
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