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  • Page 1 Internet Video Server IVS-100 User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all envi- ronments and applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Controlling User Access to the Video Stream ............... 13 Making Video available from the Internet..............14 CHAPTER 4 WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT ..............18 Introduction ........................18 Connecting to IVS-100 ....................18 Welcome Screen....................... 19 Viewing Area ........................20 Control Panel Screen....................... 21 Advanced Configuration Area ..................

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Overview PLANET IVS-100 digitizes the analog video and transmits them at full frame rate over IP network, enabling remote viewing of video in real time on a local area network or the Internet. The video server also provides built-in video motion detection and power- ful event management features based on triggered or scheduled events.

  • Page 6: Motion Detection

    Internet Features • User-definable administration port number This allows Internet Gateways to use “port mapping” so the IVS-100 and a Web Server can share the same Internet IP address. • DDNS Support In order to view video over Internet, user must know the Internet IP address of the gateway used by IVS-100.

  • Page 7: Physical Details

    Physical Details IVS-100 Front Panel Front Panel LAN port Use a standard LAN cable to connect your IVS-100 to a 10/100BaseT hub or switch. IVS-100 provides a terminal block with 8 pins of connectors Alarm I/O Con- nector located on the center of the back panel. There are 3 pins for two alarm inputs and 5 pins are for alarm output.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel Use a standard LAN cable to connect your IVS-100 to a Video-in 10/100BaseT hub or switch. IVS-100 provides a terminal block with 8 pins of connectors Audio-in located on the center of the back panel. There are 3 pins for two alarm inputs and 5 pins are for alarm output.

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. • Planet IVS-100 Video Server x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Terminator for Alarm I/O x 1 •...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Basic Setup

    Chapter 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the IVS-100. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100BaseT hub or switch and network cable is required. • System Requirement for Viewer & Recorder:...

  • Page 11: Installation

    Video Server at the time. User may utilize line output of standard camera or audio amplifier, or others as the audio source. Connect the RCA termi- nal of audio device’s line output to IVS-100’s RCA input and make sure to power on your camera or audio device first.
  • Page 12 When users would like to apply a camera with Pan / Tilt function, they usually need to connect their communication port (for camera control) through RS485. After RS-485 securely connected to D+ and D-, the remote users could control IVS-100 through Internet.

  • Page 13: Setup

    Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or using the supplied Win- dows-based camera utilities. This program can locate the IVS-100 even if its IP ad- dress is invalid for your network. You can then configure the IVS-100 with appropriate TCP/IP settings for your LAN.
  • Page 14 • After modifications, you may now connect IVS-100 via web browser.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup

    IVS-100. This Chapter is for Administra- tors only. Introduction After finishing the network setup, the IVS-100 can immediately be used by all users on your LAN. This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live Video: •...
  • Page 16 Hue Options Camera tour In IVS-100 Tour page, choose the one tour name from A to E. Fill the dwelling time and tour sequence by preset points, and then save these setting. You can repeat above procedure to set more camera tours.

  • Page 17: Controlling User Access To The Video Stream

    Controlling User Access to the Video Stream By default, only system administrators can connect to the IVS-100 and view live Video. If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring each user to login to the IVS-100 with their individual username and password.

  • Page 18: Making Video Available From The Internet

    100. This port is called the "HTTP Port2". (The first port is port 80.) The HTTP port2 is disabled in default settings. If you prefer to use a different port number than port 80, you can specify the port number on the IVS-100's Network screen, as shown below.
  • Page 19 This feature is normally called Port Forwarding or Virtual Servers in the router. The Port Forwarding/Virtual Server entry tells the Router/Gateway that incoming TCP con- nections should be passed to the IVS-100. If necessary, check the user manual for your Router/Gateway for further details.
  • Page 20 Using your Web Browser If using your Web browser, you need to know the address of IVS-100 (either the Inter- net IP address or the Domain name) and the correct communication port number. Enter the address of the IVS-100, and its port number, in the Address (or Location) field of your Browser.
  • Page 21 You can then select IVS-100 in IVS-100s list on the main screen, and click OK to es- tablish a connection and view live video. Please check respective chapter for further details of viewing Video using either the Windows Viewing/Recording utility or Web Browser.

  • Page 22: Chapter 4 Web-Based Management

    Connecting using your Web Browser 1. Start your web browser. 2. In the Address box, enter "HTTP://" and the IP Address of the IVS-100, as in this example, which uses the IVS-100's default IP Address: HTTP://192.168.0.20 3. Default username/password for machine login: admin/ <no password>...

  • Page 23: Welcome Screen

    Welcome Screen If the CCTV camera and the video server are properly connected, the video server Home screen will be displayed. Video server Home Screen The Home screen can be divided into three areas: • Viewing Area - Images from the Video server •...

  • Page 24: Viewing Area

    This screen is displayed when you log in machine Viewing Area Screen • The IVS-100 web page requires ActiveX control to display the video content. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from IVS-100 and installed on your PC. • The security settings on the Internet Explorer must allow the ActiveX plug in to be functional.

  • Page 25: Control Panel Screen

    However, all resolution are available for NTSC and PAL camera Preset or Recall camera 1~16 location(s) Preset or Recall Ex. If you press 5, then IVS-100 will move the external positions camera to preset location 5. Video Brightness Adjust Camera video brightness Adjustment Adjust image quality.

  • Page 26: Advanced Configuration Area

    Respective menu descriptions are illustrated in the following sections. IVS-100 Advanced setting Menu Clicking on Setting on the menu provides privileges to all the settings for the IVS-100. The Advanced Setting menu is divided into 2 categories: Basic and Application set-...

  • Page 27: System Screen

    System Settings Serial Number Product serial number Camera Name This displays the name for the IVS-100; camera name is use- ful while multiple unit installation. Default frame rate The default frame rate in IVS-100 is 30fps, the video frame rate can be adjusted in this menu or on the Control panel...

  • Page 28: Camera Screen

    Camera Screen This screen is displayed when IVS-100 menu option is clicked. Note: please adjust carefully to have proper machine configurations. Camera Screen Data - Camera Screen Camera Settings Image Size Display resolution selection, supported resolution in IVS-100: ‧176x144 ‧ 352x288 ‧...
  • Page 29 Sharpness, to adjust this value when the image is vivid. Contrast, Hue Camera Tour To use IVS-100 tour function, user must preset some camera positions first. Select the “SET Tour” button to enter IVS-100 Tour setting page. Reset to De- Restore the values of these pages to factory default value.

  • Page 30: Network Screen

    Network screen Data - Network Screen Network Settings DHCP Enable or disable DHCP client in IVS-100 IP address, This parameter allows users to setup the IP address assigned by ISP. Your ISP should provide all the information requied for Subnet mask, Default gate- Internet access.

  • Page 31: Ddns Setting

    DDNS Setting The DDNS is designed to eliminating the inconvenience brought by dynamic IP ad- dressing, by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name, rather than an IP address. Network Settings Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function. Username, Enter the Username/Password for your DDNS account.
  • Page 32 PPPoE screen Please consult your ISP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE/IP Hint address related information, and input carefully. If Internet con- nection cannot be established, please check the physical connec- tion or contact the ISP service staff for support information.

  • Page 33: User Screen

    User Screen This User setting can set up to 10 different usernames and passwords. Every one set of username and password can be acted as an Administrator or just a general user. User Screen IP Filter Screen The IP filter can set 10 different user’s IP address, which are allowing enter or disre- garding by the Video server.

  • Page 34: Application Setting

    Icon Menu Link Definition FTP Client Setup IVS-100 as a FTP client and configure Server site in order to upload images to server SMTP Setup Mail transferring service configuration Alarm 1 Setup Alarm Output 1 action via manual or...

  • Page 35: Ftp Client Screen

    FTP Client Screen FTP Client Screen Network Settings FTP server IP address or domain name of the destination FTP server name Username, Please input the Username/Password for the FTP server Password Remote path Please input the path to the destination. Image file Please input the basic file name you want to assign to the im- name...

  • Page 36: Smtp Screen

    SMTP Screen This screen is displayed when the SMTP menu option is clicked. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for sending e-mail messages be- tween servers. The mail server address must be filled in this field. SMTP Screen Network Settings SMTP server Enter the address of SMTP server used to send the mail.

  • Page 37: Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen

    Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen This screen is displayed when the Alarm 1/Alarm 2 menu is clicked. You can select Manual or Event for the Alarm mode. Alarm1 Screen Schedule Screen The Schedule can enable motion detection in an arranged period in order to avoid un- necessary images transmitting and catch the desired images.

  • Page 38: Motion Detection Screen

    Enable/Disable function and adjust the sensitivity level Motion Detection Screen Network Settings Enable Motion Enable or disable Motion Detection function in IVS-100 Detection Sensitivity Select the desired option to suit your environment. If covering a large area, you usually need higher sensitivity, since a moving object will take only a small portion of the image.

  • Page 39: Time Setting Screen

    This screen is displayed when the Time Setting menu option is clicked. Time Screen Network Settings IP Cam Time Provides settings of adjusting IVS-100’s time PC Time This is default time value for PC. Set Time Three options of Synchronize with PC's time / User Input / NTP are available for your selection to link with the Time Server.

  • Page 40: Popup Screen

    Popup Screen This screen is displayed setting event message while motion or sensors has been ac- tivated When any one of alarms enabled, and one of them detected, then a message window will be displayed on the screen. Pop up Screen Network Settings Pop-up text Display mode...

  • Page 41: Firmware Upgrade Screen

    2. Select this file, and click OK. The filename will then appear in the Upgrade File field. Click the Start Upgrade button to transfer the file to the IVS-100 and start the up- grade procedure. Click the “here” button to begin to upgrade firmware.

  • Page 42: Factory Default Screen

    6. The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen. Once the upgrading process completed, the Video server will reboot the system auto- matically. Do not interrupt the upgrading procedure during proceeding; or Hint the inner component might be permanently damaged. Factory Default Screen This screen is displayed when you click the Factory Default menu on the Status screen.
  • Page 43 Network Settings Upload a captured image to server Mail captured image to specific mail address Mail Enable Alarm output 1 Alarm 1 Enable Alarm output 2 Alarm 2 Clear alarm1 output status Clear Alarm 1 Clear alarm2 output status Clear Alarm 2 Capture: This screen is displayed when you click the Capture menu and the function can cap- ture current image and save it to storage media.

  • Page 44: Activex Control

    ActiveX Control This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft® Internet Explorer. View This screen is displayed when you click the “View” menu on the ActiveX control. View Settings Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the Resizable “Splits”...
  • Page 45 A status bar display on the button of the image. Status Bar Split This screen is displayed when you click the “Split” menu on the ActiveX control. The Video server provides four setting for Window split, it can display different time frame images of the selected Video server.
  • Page 46 Recoding Screen Save as JPEG: Select this option and click “Save as JPEG” for detailed configurations. The pre- defined schedule can be set by JPEG. During the JPGEG file recording, a red icon displays on lower right position of the im- age to indicate the AVI saving process.

  • Page 47: Save Current Picture As

    During the AVI file recording, a red icon displays on lower right position of the image to indicate the AVI saving process. If want stop the recording, please press the “Stop Image Recording” to stop the save as AVI process. Recording File Path: Save Current Picture As This screen is displayed when you click the “Save Current Picture As”...

  • Page 49: Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector

    An external sensor that senses physical changes in the area Video Server is monitor- ing can activate some features of IVS-100. These changes can include intrusion de- tection or certain physical change in the monitored area. For examples, the external sensor can be a door switch or an infrared motion detector.

  • Page 50: Appendix B Troubleshooting

    Appendix B Troubleshooting Appendix B Troubleshooting Q: The video and audio codec is adopted in the Video server? A: The Video server utilizes JPEG compression to providing high quality images. JPEG is a standard for image compression and can be applied to various web browsers without the need to install extra software.
  • Page 51 100 via a crossover cable. • Make sure the Internet connection and setting is ok. • Make sure enter the IP address of Internet Explorer is correct. If IVS-100 has a dynamic address, it may have changed since you last checked it.
  • Page 52 Q: Blank screen or very slow video when audio is enabled A: ‧ Your connection to the IVS-100 does not have enough bandwidth to support a higher frame rate for the streamed image size. Try reducing the video stream- ing size to 176x144 or 320x240 and/or disabling audio.•...
  • Page 53 (color quality) to 16bit at least and 24 bit or higher if possible within your computer. •The configuration on the IVS-100 image display is incorrect. You need to adjust the image related parameters such as brightness, contrast, hue and saturation properly.

  • Page 54: Appendix C Bandwidth Calculation

    Bandwidth Calculation Appendix C: Bandwidth Calculation The frame rate of video transmitted from the IVS-100 depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your IVS-100.

  • Page 55: Appendix D Specifications

    Appendix D Specifications Appendix D: Specifications Model IVS-100 Hardware Network 1 x 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port Alarm Input/Output 2 x In / 2 x Out BNC connector for video input Video interface 1Vp-p / 75 Ohm Video Input RCA audio interface for audio recording...

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