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HOME AUTOMATION, INC.
Model 87A00-1
Camera Server
Installation and User Guide
Document Number 87I00-1 Rev. A
July, 2008

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  • Page 1 HOME AUTOMATION, INC. Model 87A00-1 Camera Server Installation and User Guide Document Number 87I00-1 Rev. A July, 2008...

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    DISCLAIMER • While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. • HAI reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software described herein at any time without prior notice.

  • Page 4: Fcc Notice

    Do not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless otherwise specified in the manual. If such changes or modifications should be made, you could be required to stop operation of the equipment. Home Automation, Inc. 4330 Michoud Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70129 Tel: (504) 736-9810 The Privacy act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Introduction ·········································································································································1 1.1. Model 87A00-1 Camera Server··································································································1 1.1.1. About the Camera Server ·································································································1 1.1.2. Main Features···················································································································1 1.2. Package Contents ······················································································································2 1.3. Factory Default Settings ·············································································································2 2. Operation ·············································································································································3 2.1. Front Panel·································································································································3 2.2. Rear Panel ·································································································································4 3. Web Interface ······································································································································9 3.1.
  • Page 6 5.5. Record Setup ···························································································································37 5.5.1. Recording on USB Flash Drive························································································37 5.5.2. Recording on FTP server·································································································40 5.5.3. Playback the recoded data on the USB device ·······························································41 5.6. System Setup ···························································································································42 5.6.1. System Date ····················································································································42 5.6.2. System Update ················································································································43 5.6.3. User Management ···········································································································44 5.6.4.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1. Introduction 1.1. Model 87A00-1 Camera Server The 87A00-1 Camera Server is a device that transmits video and audio data via network in real-time. The server converts the analog video signals and audio signals into digital data and compresses them for on-line transmission.

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    1.2. Package Contents Before installing the Camera Server, please make sure that the following items are included in the box: 1. Camera Server 2. 12VDC Power Adapter with Power Cord 3. 2 Terminal Block 4. 2 Audio Cables 5. Mounting Hardware 6.

  • Page 9: Operation

    2. Operation 2.4. Front Panel ① ② ① Status LED ② Network LED Status (Orange) and Network (Green) LED indicators display the following system information: Power Off Booting in progress Successful Network Connection Failed Network Connection Data Transmission in Progress 1.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    ③ and ④ Video Input BNC Connectors (Vin 1, Vin 2, Vin 3 and Vin 4) Used for video inputs. Video input type: NTSC or PAL ⑤ Termination Resistor DIP Switch (75Ω ON) A switch to turn On/Off a 75Ω termination resistor is provided for each video input. Factory default setting is ON.

  • Page 11: Audio Output Connector

    Audio Input Connector Audio Output Jack (Aout) ② The Camera Server has one mono audio output using the stereo socket. Even if a stereo speaker is connected, both sides will have the same sound (mono output). The Camera Server audio output is very low-wattage, therefore it requires amplified speakers (do not use headphone/earphone directly).
  • Page 12 ③ Digital Input (DI 1-4) The Camera Server has 4 Digital Inputs as shown. Each input can be connected either a voltage type sensor or relay type sensor (dry contact). Do not use voltage and relay type sensors together. Voltage Type Digital Input Connections Relay Type Digital Input Connections...

  • Page 13: Digital Output Connections

    ④ Digital Output (DO 1-4) The Camera Server has 4 12VDC Digital Outputs. The Digital Outputs can be connected as shown: Digital Output Connections ⑤ RS-232C Terminal Blocks (RS-232C) The RS-232C Terminal Blocks are used to connect an RS-232 serial device. The RS-232C serial port consists of Transmit (Tx), Receive (Rx), and GND.
  • Page 14 ⑥ RS-485 Terminal Blocks (RS-485) The RS-485 Terminal Blocks are used to connect RS-485 serial devices such as PTZ cameras. The RS-485 serial port consists of DATA+, DATA-, and GND. RS-485 Connection ⑦ LAN Connector (Ethernet) This is a RJ45 LAN connector for 10/100 Base-T Ethernet. Power Adaptor Connector (DC 12V) ⑧...

  • Page 15: Web Interface

    3. Web Interface 3.1. Accessing the Web Interface To access the web interface of the HAI Camera Server, open Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the 87A00-1 into the address bar. Enter the IP address in the address bar of the browser as shown below: http://(IP address) For example: http://192.168.1.2...
  • Page 16 When initially accessing the 87A00-1 web interface, the client viewer software is automatically downloaded and installed. The first time you access the web interface, the Active-X Control Plug-In must be installed. If the Active-X Control is not currently installed or if you are accessing the web interface for the first, following prompt will appear.

  • Page 17: Activex Installation

    3.2. ActiveX Installation You will need to install ActiveX for displaying images. Click “Pop-up Blocked” and then “Install Active X Control” as shown below. At the Security Warning, click the “Install” button.

  • Page 18: Main Page Configuration

    4. Main Page Configuration 4.1. Single View When the installation of the client program is complete and your login is accepted, the 87A00-1 Viewer is automatically connected and begins displaying video. SingleView shows only one camera on a page. Video 1 is set as the default channel and other channels are chosen from the drop-down combo box. •...
  • Page 19 • SNAPSHOT: Save a snapshot of current video image. Note: The file is saved in \My Documents\Snapshot folder • Full Screen: Stretches the camera image to fill the full screen. • PTZ: Virtual PTZ control keyboard is displayed. This is used to control PTZ cameras. •...

  • Page 20: Multi View

    4.2. Multi View MultiView displays all 4 cameras on one page. Individual Play, Stop, and Snapshot button are available for each camera in MultiView mode. 4.3. Setup Setup allows users to completely configure the Camera Server. See 5. Setup Configuration for an explanation of each option and how to set and change the values.

  • Page 21: Setup Configuration

    5. Setup Configuration The Setup Configuration pages allow you to completely configure the Camera Server. Click Setup on the main page of web interface. On the left side of the main page, you can see the following categories: Video Video Setting OSD Setting Advanced Audio...

  • Page 22: Video Setup

    5.1. Video Setup 5.1.1. Video Settings Select Video Settings from the Video menu to select the Video Type, Codec, Resolution, FPS, Bitrate Mode, Bitrate, Quant, GOP size, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue. Whenever a camera is viewed on an OmniTouch 5.7e or OmniTouch 10p, the Resolution, FPS, Bitrate Mode, and Bitrate of the camera on the Camera Server will automatically change based on the settings of the Note...
  • Page 23 Resolution Select the desired resolution from the Resolution box. Refer to the table below. NTSC 720x480 640x480 QVGA 320x240 4CIF 704x480 2CIF 704x240 352x240 QCIF 176x112 FPS (Frames per Second) Select the desired FPS from the FPS box. This value represents the number of encoded frames you want to get per 1 second.

  • Page 24: Osd Settings

    GOP Size Select the desired GOP size from the GOP box. GOP is an abbreviation for “Group of Pictures”. The GOP number represents a frame interval. If the GOP size is 1, only I frame is generated in 1 second. If the GOP is set to 15, 15 frames are captured per 1 second.
  • Page 25 String Enter the maximum length of OSD text (ASCII character string). Type the location of the string by entering the X and Y coordinates. For example, if the coordinates are (0, 0), the time stamp will be shown on the top left of image. Input range of coordinate value: X: 0 - 44 Y: 0 - 29...

  • Page 26: Advanced

    5.1.3. Advanced Horizontal delay A higher setting moves the image towards the left. The setting ranges from 32 to -32 Vertical delay A higher setting moves the image towards the top. The setting ranges from 4 to -4 Copying an image to shared memory This setting allows the Camera Server make the best use of the source.

  • Page 27: Audio Setup

    5.2. Audio Setup The Audio Setup page provides the options for the audio input and the audio output. 5.2.1. Audio Input Settings The Audio Input Configuration settings are required to listen to the sound from the location where the camera is installed. In order to test and use this feature, the microphone should be connected to the audio port of 87A00-1 Camera Server.

  • Page 28: Audio Output Settings

    5.2.2. Audio Output Settings The Audio Output Configuration settings are required to talk to people at the location where the camera is installed. Configure the values and click the Save button. This feature enables your PC to send audio to the speakers on the Camera Server. In order to test and use this feature, the microphone should be connected to the audio port of your PC.

  • Page 29: Network Setup

    5.3. Network Setup The Network Setup page is used to configure various network and operational settings of the 87A00-1 Camera Server. 5.3.1. General Settings IP Address Configuration If the Network mode is set to DHCP, the IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway and DNS Server settings will be received from a DHCP server.

  • Page 30: Qos Settings

    5.3.2. QoS Settings The 87A00-1 Camera Server uses a DSCP model for implementing QoS. Additionally, video, audio, and event classes are available for that. What is DSCP? It is short for Differential Services Code Point, which is a field in the header of IP Packets for packet classification purposes.

  • Page 31: Multicast Settings

    5.3.3. Multicast Settings This page provides the multicast configuration of each channel. The addresses are a group of address which is required to receive data from the router. The values in the boxes are default. You can set the values according to your network requirement. The Camera Server supports only RTSP multicast (UDP/RTP Multicast is not supported).

  • Page 32: Ddns Settings

    5.3.4. DDNS Settings For DDNS configuration setup, you must first create a DDNS account with dyndns.com. Server Enable: Select YES to use DDNS. Server Type : DynDNS (no other settings allowed at this time). Address: www.dyndns.com User ID: your user ID created at the Dyndns.com. User PW: your password registered at the Dyndns.com (case-sensitive).

  • Page 33: Advanced Settings

    5.3.5. Advanced Settings RTSP Port This is the port number for first channel for RTSP. If a device has more than one channel, the port number of next channel succeeds the port number of the first channel. For example, if the port number of first channel is 554, the second channel would be 555. Web Port This is the port number for HTTP.

  • Page 34: Event Setup

    5.4. Event Setup This manual assumes that Motion Detection is an event action trigger. So, consider this carefully and follow the setting step as the order below. If your event factor is not Motion Detection, you can just skip Step2: Motion setting. Step 1: Event Server setting Step 2: Motion setting Step 3: Event setting (related to the event setting and motion detection setting you configure)

  • Page 35: Smtp Server Settings

    5.4.1.1. SMTP Server Settings To register the SMTP server, click on the SMTP in the box and press the Modify button on the right. FromEmail Enter the email address of a sender. MailServer1 Enter the SMTP server address. MailServer1 Port Enter the SMTP server port number (default port number 25).

  • Page 36: Ftp Server Settings

    5.4.1.2. FTP Server Settings To register the FTP server, press the Add FTP button. Name Enter a descriptive name for the FTP server. Address Enter the IP address or domain name of FTP server NOTE: To use domain name of FTP server, make sure if the DNS setting is enabled. Port Enter the port number of FTP server (0 –...

  • Page 37: Tcp Server Settings

    5.4.1.3. TCP Server Settings To add a TCP server, press Add TCP button. Name Enter a descriptive name for the TCP server. Address Enter the IP address of TCP server. Port Enter the port number of TCP server (0 – 65535).

  • Page 38: Motion Detection Settings

    5.4.2. Motion Detection Settings After all of the settings have been entered for the Event Server, select the Motion tab to enter the settings for the motion detection functions. How to register Motion Detection Step 1: Select a camera from the Image Source combo box and then press Play button. Step 2: Select a layer from the Layer ID combo box.

  • Page 39: Event Settings

    5.4.3. Event Settings To register an Event, follow Steps 1-3 below. Step 1 1. Click Add to create an Event. Name Enter a descriptive name for the event Event Type • Software – device boots, motion detection, video losses, etc. •...
  • Page 40 Software Mode Select one of the following event modes: Motion Detection, Video Loss, and Boot. Motion Detection: Event occurs when the motion is detected. Video Loss: Event occurs when there is loss of video (disconnected or connected). BOOT: Event occurs when the Camera Server is rebooted. Enable only if software mode is set to Motion Detection.
  • Page 41 Step 2 1. Click on the Event tab on the left menu and then select the event that you created in the box. 2. Click the Modify button. 3. Click the Action button. Step 3 1. Select the proper server from the Server list and set the respective values. Event Action The actions that are created are listed.
  • Page 42 Message Enter an email message that will be sent. EmailTo Enter an email address of the recipient. Subject Enter the subject of the email. ImagePerMail Enter “1” to send a captured image with the email message. Otherwise, enter “0” for no image. When you set the values on the Event Action Configuration page, depending on the Server, the required values may be different.

  • Page 43: Record Setup

    5.5. Record Setup 5.5.1. Recording on USB Flash Drive Before removing the USB flash drive from the Camera Server after recording…change the USB Mount value to No first. Otherwise, the recording may not work properly. Caution Preparation before recording Step 1: Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port on the Camera Server. Step 2: Click Record from the Record menu and set the value of USB Mount to YES as above.
  • Page 44 How to record video NOW (Passive mode) Step 1: Set the Record Enable as YES Step 2: Set the Record Mode as Passive Step 3: Enter the Port Number and Record Recycle • Port number: Used for playback. 2100 is set as the default. •...
  • Page 45 How to record on SCHEDULE (Schedule mode) If you want to record the video according to the specific date and time, follow the instructions below. Step 1: Follow the same steps of How to record Video NOW except for Step 2. Step 2: Set the Record Mode to Schedule.

  • Page 46: Recording On Ftp Server

    5.5.2. Recording on FTP server Step 1: In order to record the video on an FTP server, the FTP server must be added in advance. Refer to section 5.4.1.2 FTP Server Settings. Step 2: Set Record Device as FTP. Step 3: Set Record Mode as desired. Refer to section 4.5.1 Recording on USB flash drive. Step 4: Set the FTP Server Number.

  • Page 47: Playback The Recoded Data On The Usb Device

    5.5.3. Playback the recoded data on the USB device If the USB recording steps have been completed, the recording status can be viewed on the USB Record List page. • Record List: Show the created recording files • Play/Stop: Select a file from the Record List and click Play or Stop to display the control •...

  • Page 48: System Setup

    5.6. System Setup 5.6.1. System Date Device Time Displays the date and time of Caners Server Time Zone Select your time zone Time Mode You can select a time mode with 3 options. • Client Time: Synchronized with your current PC time. •...

  • Page 49: System Update

    5.6.2. System Update This page is used to update of the software in the Camera Server and to display the current version for various software modules. System Update You can upload firmware files and update your Camera Server. Click the Search button and choose the file you want to upload.

  • Page 50: User Management

    5.6.3. User Management User Management is used to add user login accounts to the Camera Server. There are two user types provided by default: User root guest Accounts can be created up to 10 including two default users. • ID: Up to 32 characters with the combination of alphabets and digits. First character must be an alphabet (case-sensitive).

  • Page 51: Ptz Protocol

    How to modify a user 1. Select a user to modify from the User List 2. Click Modify. 2. Modify the password or security level. 3. Select Modify on the “User Modify” dialog. 4. Click Close on the “User Modify” dialog. 5.6.4.

  • Page 52: System Information

    5.6.5. System Information This page shows the system information as described below: 87A00-1 Information • MAC: MAC Address • TIME: Date and time information on the Camera Server • Version Information • Bootloader: Bootloader version. • Firmware: Current firmware version •...

  • Page 53: Reboot

    5.6.6. Reboot The Camera Server can be rebooted from the web interface without physically touching the device. Click the OK button. As confirmation dialog is displayed. Select OK to reboot the Camera Server. It will take about 1-2 minutes to complete the rebooting process.

  • Page 54: Io Setup

    5.7. IO Setup 5.7.1. Serial Port Setting This page provides the configuration of RS-232C and RS485. • Baudrate: 9600 • Parity: none • Flow Control: none • Stopbit: 1...

  • Page 55: Di/Do Setting

    5.7.2. DI/DO Setting This page is used to see the status of the Digital Inputs (DI) and Digital Outputs (DO) on the Camera Server. It also allows you to control the state of the Digital Outputs. This page is refreshed every 3 seconds to update the status of each Digital Input and Digital Output.

  • Page 56: Ptz

    5.7.3. PTZ This page allows you to select the PTZ Protocol for each camera. PTZ protocol options are shown in the drop down combo box. You can choose a protocol for each camera. 1. Check Enable in the check box and choose the desired protocol. 2.

  • Page 57: External Video Out Setting

    5.7.4. External Video out Setting This page provides the external video output settings and video loopback function settings. Video Out You can choose either single view or multi-view for the stream on the external output. Quad displays 4 channels as a quad multi-view on the external video out. Video Loopback Video Loopback is not currently implemented on the 87A00-1 Camera Server.

  • Page 58: Resetting The Camera Server

    6. Resetting the Camera Server 6.1. Rebooting The camera server can be rebooted as follows: 1. Press the Reset button for 1 second. The Status LED and Network LED will blink together, twice. Stop pressing the Reset button. 2. When the reset function has been completed, The Status LED and Network LED will stop blinking.

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