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Esprit Compact
Operations Manual
Document number: C6720M
Publication date: 03/24

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  • Page 1 Esprit Compact Operations Manual Document number: C6720M Publication date: 03/24...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Esprit Compact 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 Using the Camera Focus Controls Activating the Camera Washing Sequence Viewing a Camera Tour Using Camera Presets Adding a Camera Preset...
  • Page 3 Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring the 802.1X Port Security Switching 802.1X Authentication Profiles Removing an 802.1X Authentication Profile Returning to the Network Page Configuring SNMP Configuring DSCP Configuring the IP Filter Managing Certificates Downloading Certificates Removing Certificates Downloading Certificate Signing Requests Uploading Certificates Uploading CA Certificates Creating Certificates...
  • Page 4 Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring Digital Inputs and Outputs C6720M | 03/24...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Esprit Compact 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: Mozilla Firefox...

  • Page 6: Accessing Camera Settings

    Esprit Compact 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) —...

  • Page 7: Logging Out

    Esprit Compact 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. C6720M | 03/24...

  • Page 8: Using The Live View

    If the camera supports auto focusing, click Auto Focus. Activating the Camera Washing Sequence The Pelco Esprit Compact camera offers optional wiper and washer components to clean the glass surface. The washing sequence can be started by clicking Washer Sequence at the lower left of the application window.

  • Page 9: Using Camera Presets

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 1. At the lower-right of the Live View page, use the drop-down menu to select the name of a tour in the Tours field. 2. Click Start to start the tour. 3. You can pause a tour at any time just by using the other PTZ controls. See the section titled Using the PTZ Camera Controls.
  • Page 10 Esprit Compact Operations Manual There is an SD card inserted in the camera. For more information, see the camera's installation guide. The camera's onboard storage settings are enabled on the Storage Management page. For more information, see Configuring Storage Management. The camera's video format must be set to MJPEG in the Video Configurations page.

  • Page 11: Configuring The System Settings

    Esprit Compact 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. 1. Click the System tab, and then click the General Settings button. 2.

  • Page 12: Configuring Storage Management

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual To manually upgrade the camera firmware: 1. Download the latest version of the firmware .bin file from the Pelco website (www.pelco.com/training-support/). 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.

  • Page 13: Downloading Recorded Video From The Web Interface

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 4. Select one of the following recording modes: Continuous: the camera never stops recording to the SD card. On Motion: the camera only records when there is motion in the scene. If you are configuring a Pelco video analytics camera, the On Motion setting will record either pixel change in the scene or analytics motion events depending on how the camera is configured.

  • Page 14: Deleting Recorded Video

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 6. To download all the recorded videos, click Download All; to download specific video, select the video files you want then click Download Selected. 7. When you are prompted, choose a location to save the video files. The files start downloading from the SD card and are saved to the selected location.
  • Page 15 Esprit Compact Operations Manual 1. Click the System tab, and then click the Diagnostics button. 2. In the Type drop-down menu, select one of the following: Access Logs — Logs of users who have logged into the web interface. System Logs — Logs of camera operations. 3.

  • Page 16: Configuring The Network And Security Settings

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring the Network and Security Settings Use the Network and Security tab to configure the Network, Security, Users, 802.1X, SNMP, DSCP, 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.
  • Page 17 Esprit Compact 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.

  • Page 18: Enabling Srtp Streaming

    Esprit Compact 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. 12.

  • Page 19: Configuring The Users

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Caution:Changing this setting on your camera will require your camera to reboot and you will lose the video stream for that time. Pelco recommends that you apply this setting during during non- critical operating times. Configuring the Users On the Users page, you can add new users, modify existing users, and remove users.

  • Page 20: Keeping Usernames And Passwords After Firmware Revert

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Keeping Usernames and Passwords After Firmware Revert To add a layer of security to protect the camera from theft, you have the option of keeping the camera's current usernames and passwords after a firmware revert. Caution : If you have set your camera to use FIPS 140-2 encryption, we recommend that you do not choose to keep usernames and passwords after a firmware revert.

  • Page 21: Switching 802.1X Authentication Profiles

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual – TLS Client Certificates: Click Choose File, and then navigate to and select the PEM- encoded certificate file to authenticate the camera. – Private Key: Click Choose File, and then navigate to and select the PEM-encoded private key file to authenticate the camera.

  • Page 22: Configuring Dscp

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual c. In the Trap Destination IP field, enter the IP address of the management station where the traps will be sent. 4. If you selected SNMP v2c, in the Available Traps area, select the traps that will be sent: Temperature Alert: a trap notification will be sent when the camera temperature rises above or falls below the supported threshold.

  • Page 23: Configuring The Ip Filter

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 5. In the SNMP drop-down menu, click to select one of the options: DF(0) CS2 (16) (This is the default option.) 6. In the Primary Stream drop-down menu, click to select one of the options: AF31(26) CS4(32) AF41(34) (This is the default option.) 7.
  • Page 24 Esprit Compact Operations Manual Deny Access: Select this option to deny access to the specific IP address entries you will make below. This is the default option. 4. Add all the IP Filter Entries to which access with be either allowed or denied: a.

  • Page 25: Managing Certificates

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Managing Certificates On the Certificates page, administrators can manage certificates. Certificates are used to authenticate devices and encrypt communication over the network. In the Certificates area, you can view the following information: Cert ID: Used to uniquely identify the certificate. Subject: The entity a certificate belongs to: a machine, an individual, or an organization.

  • Page 26: Uploading Certificates

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Uploading Certificates 1. To upload a certificate, click Upload Cert. a. Certificate: click Choose File to upload a certificate. b. Private key: click Choose File to upload a private key. c. Private key password: enter the private key password. 2.

  • Page 27: Configuring Imaging

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring Imaging Note: If a camera with video analytics is physically moved or adjusted, or if the focus or zoom level is changed, reset the learning progress to provide accurate results. If the camera's image rate and compression or display settings are updated, the learning progress might reset automatically.
  • Page 28 Esprit Compact Operations Manual None 90 degrees 180 degrees 270 degree Note : Image rotation should not be combined between the camera and VMS image rotation settings. Perform the image rotation either in the camera or in the VMS, but not both. 7.
  • Page 29 Esprit Compact Operations Manual night mode to day mode. When disabled, the camera will use a less optimal method to determine if the light level is sufficient to switch to day mode. Note : Disabling the night visibility check could delay the camera from transitioning between night and day modes and make the transition time less optimal.

  • Page 30: Understanding Backlight Compensation (Blc) And Wide Dynamic Range (Wdr)

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Backlight Compensation: If your scene has areas of intense light that cause the overall image to be too dark, click to select the checkbox for Backlight Compensation, and then enter a value (either by typing a number, or selecting one using the up and down arrows) that results in a well-exposed image.

  • Page 31: Adjusting White Balance Settings

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual If you enable both BLC and WDR, the camera will deliver the detail you will see in WDR-only mode, but will ignore optimization on the very brightest (or darkest) portions of the image. Adjusting White Balance Settings 1.

  • Page 32: Using Window Blanking

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 0 creates a black and white image, while 100 creates intense color images. Sharpness: You can adjust the video’s sharpness by entering a percentage number. 0 applies the least amount of sharpening, while 100 applies the most sharpening to make the edges of objects more visible.

  • Page 33: Deleting A Window Blank

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 4. Click Apply to save the settings. Deleting a Window Blank 1. Use one of the following methods to delete a window blank (privacy zone):  In the list of window blanks, click to select the name of the window blank to delete (Privacy Zone [#]), and then click Remove.

  • Page 34: Configuring Ptz Settings

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring PTZ Settings Pelco PTZ cameras use many of the same settings as other High Definition IP cameras. The following settings are only available on the Esprit Compact PTZ Camera. Creating PTZ Tours For PTZ cameras, you have the option of running Tours from the Live View page. Tours allow the PTZ camera to automatically move between a series of preset positions, and can be set to pause at each preset for a specific amount of time for video monitoring.

  • Page 35: Defining Ptz Limit Stops

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 3. Make the appropriate changes. 4. To undo the changes that you’ve made, click Discard Changes. 5. Click Apply to save the settings. 6. To delete the tour, click Delete, and then click OK in the confirmation dialog box. Defining PTZ Limit Stops Depending on where the PTZ camera is installed, you might want to limit the movement and zoom of the camera so that obstructions are never in view.

  • Page 36: Setting Up Ptz Compass

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Setting up PTZ Compass Based on the orientation of the camera, cardinal direction may be displayed along with other information on the Overlay. Directional information might be useful in an exterior environment. 1. Click the PTZ tab, and then click the Compass button. 2.

  • Page 37: Configuring A/V Streams

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring A/V Streams Use the A/V Streams tab to configure Video Configurations, Streaming Settings and Smart Compression. Compression and Image Rate On the Compression and Image Rate , you can change the camera’s compression and image quality settings for sending video over the network.

  • Page 38: Configuring Smart Compression

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring Smart Compression Smart Compression technology separates foreground objects from background areas. This reduces the bandwidth required by increasing the image compression to the background areas. As a result, bandwidth is reserved for subjects of interest that require higher image quality. When Smart Compression is enabled, the camera will automatically switch to idle scene mode settings when there are no motion events detected.

  • Page 39: Accessing The Still Image Uri

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual 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. 1. Click the A/V Streams tab, and then click the Video Configurations button. 2.

  • Page 40: Configuring Events

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Max Bitrate field, enter the maximum number of kilobytes per second when there is no motion in the scene. Keyframe Interval field, enter the number of frames between each keyframe when there is no motion in the scene (between 1 and 254 frames). 4.

  • Page 41: Configuring Tamper Detection

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Configuring Tamper Detection On the Sabotage page, you can enable and configure Tamper Detection. This enables the camera to send events when tampering is detected. 1. Make sure that the Enable Tamper Detection the checkbox is selected to enable Tamper Detection.

  • Page 42: Resetting Self Learning

    Esprit Compact Operations Manual Resetting Self Learning When the learning progress is reset, all learning data is cleared and the device needs to re-learn the scene. This prevents missed and false detections based on old data. Note: Always reset Self Learning after a camera is physically moved or adjusted, or if the focus or zoom level is changed.
  • Page 43 Esprit Compact Operations Manual Manufacturer: Videotec s.r.l. Address: Via Friuli, 6-I-36015 Schio (VI) - Italy (+39) 0445 697411 Tel Pelco, Inc. 625 W. Alluvial Ave., Fresno, California 93711 United States (800) 289-9100 Tel (800) 289-9150 Fax +1 (559) 292-1981 International Tel +1 (559) 348-1120 International Fax www.pelco.com Pelco, the Pelco logo, and other trademarks associated with Pelco products referred to in this publication are trademarks of Pelco,...

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