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  • Page 1 Encoder Firmware A1D-220-V3.14.19-AC User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents INSTALLATION _________________________________________________ 3 Minimum System Requirements _____________________________________ 3 Preparation before setup ___________________________________________ 4 1.2.1 Setup your PC network __________________________________________________ 4 Configuring the IP device ___________________________________________ 9 1.3.1 Video Display _______________________________________________________ 11 1.3.2 PTZ (PTZ Camera only) ________________________________________________ 15 1.3.3 Host Setting __________________________________________________________ 20 1.3.4...

  • Page 3: Installation

    INSTALLATION 1.1 Minimum System Requirements The IP device provides access through an embedded web server. To access the device, your PC needs to meet minimum requirements to perform satisfactorily. Pentinum 4 2.4GHz and above 256 MB or above Memory Windows XP with SP2 or above. Windows Vista / Windows 2003 / Windows 7 Operating System Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 / Internet Explorer 7.0 / Internet Explorer 8.0...

  • Page 4: Preparation Before Setup

    1.2 Preparation before setup Our IP device provides access through Internet Explorer. You need to set up the network settings and the IP address for the IP device. Please make sure all connections are properly connected, then follow the procedures below.
  • Page 5 NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100, which is used by the IP device. Please also make sure that no two equipments use the same IP address in the same network. The procedures below is the setup procedure on Windows XP. If you use operating system other than Windows XP, please refer to OS manuals for proper setup procedures.
  • Page 6  STEP3 Double-click the "Network and Internet connections" icon.  STEP4 Double-click the "Network connections" icon...
  • Page 7  STEP5 Click “Local Area Connections”, and then click “Change settings of this connection” in the network Task menu.  STEP6 Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”, and then click the [Properties] button. If you have both IPv4 and IPv6, choose IPv4.
  • Page 8  STEP7 Click the “Use the following IP address” radio button and enter the IP address and the subnet mask. Please set the settings as below. IP address: 192.168. 0.xxx Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0 (NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100, which is used by the IP device.

  • Page 9: Configuring The Ip Device

    1.3 Configuring the IP device This section describes how to configure the IP device. The administrator has unlimited access to all settings, while the normal user can only view live video. The IP device is configured under a standard browser (Microsoft IE6 / IE7 / IE8).
  • Page 10 select from English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Czech, French, Finnish, Hungarian and Danish. This user interface setting will disappear once you log out, if you want to change the default user interface language, please change the setting of [Host setting] after login. ...

  • Page 11: Video Display

    1.3.1 Video Display 1.3.1.1 Megapixel CMOS camera This section tells you how to view live video via Internet Explorer. STEP1: Click the [Video Display] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Video Display page” is displayed as below.  STEP2: Check the [MPEG4/MJPEG] to select the Compression type.
  • Page 12 enable/disable audio transmission from this PC to IP device’s audio out and change audio out volume. Ex: With this function enabled you can speak to the people at the IP device site.  STEP6: Click the [DO1] Button to set DO status by DO1 to High (1) or Low(0).
  • Page 13 1.3.1.2 PTZ or PT camera This section tells you how to view live video via Internet Explorer. The PTZ function is available only to “root” user(Factory default: Admin /123456). Other users cannot see this command. STEP1: Click the [Video Display] on the “Main Setup page”. ...
  • Page 14  STEP5: Click the [DO1] Button to set DO status by DO1 to High (1) or Low(0). The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots.  STEP6: Click the [DO2] Button to set DO status by DO2 to High (1) or Low(0).

  • Page 15: Ptz (Ptz Camera Only)

    1.3.2 PTZ (PTZ Camera only) Click the [PTZ] on the “Main Setup page” to show PTZ control panel in a separate pop up and enable mouse PTZ in the main live view window.Select a page in “PTZ Panel ” There are three main pages: PTZ, Preset and Tour.
  • Page 16 Set the zoom speed from 2(slowest) to 7(fastest) Zoom Speed Click + button to zoom in, - button to zoom out. Zoom Click check box to enable auto focus.(PTZ camera only) Auto Focus Click these buttons to adjust focus to near or far. Focus Click each button to do pan and tilt control.
  • Page 17 ■ Preset Page Help Parameters Description Show preset number and preset name. You can click to Preset Info edit the preset name Click this button to save current preset name and PTZ Set Preset position to this preset point Click this button to go to the PTZ position memorized for Goto Preset this preset point.
  • Page 18 Click to move this preset point one later in queue. Move one later Click to move this preset point to the first in queue. Move to first Click to move this preset point to the last in queue. Move to last Click to go to the PTZ position for this preset point.
  • Page 19 ■ Mouse PTZ Help Parameters Description Click area 1 to P/T with fast speed Click on area 2 to P/T with normal speed Click on area 3 to P/T with slow speed Click on area 4 to do zoom in. Click on area 5 to do zoom out.

  • Page 20: Host Setting

    1.3.3 Host Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s host settings and LAN settings. STEP1: Click the [Host Setting] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Host setting page” is displayed as below.  STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
  • Page 21 2. 100Mbps / Full duplex 3. 100Mbps / Half duplex 4. 10Mbps / Full duplex 5. 10Mbps / Half duplex ■ ToS (Type of Service) Parameters Description Select the TOS tag’s priority to be added onto the streaming. You can select between 1.

  • Page 22: Wan Setting

    1.3.4 WAN Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s WAN, DNS server and DDNS server settings. The “WAN setting page” is  STEP1:Click the [WAN Setting]. displayed as below...
  • Page 23  STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator. ■ WAN Setting Parameters Description Click this to enable IP device’s DHCP function. Dynamic IP It will acquire its WAN port IP address from a DHCP server within the same network.
  • Page 24 domain name even if its IP address is not static. Click one of the DDNS service providers. You can visit their website to get a DDNS service account for Service ISP this IP device. Enter the host name of your DDNS service account. (ex: Host name xxxx.dyndns.org) Enter the login user name for your DDNS service account.

  • Page 25: Date Setting

    1.3.5 Date Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s date and time settings. STEP1: Click the [Date Setting] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Date setting page” is displayed as below  STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
  • Page 26 Select Type 1 to specify daylight saving time by week number in a month; select Type 2 to specify daylight saving time by date. Day Light Saving Start Time : Select the daylight savings start time. End Time : Select the daylight savings end time. ...

  • Page 27: Video Setting

    1.3.6 Video Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s video and streaming settings. STEP1: Click the [Video Setting] on the “Main Setup page”. ...
  • Page 28 ■ Video setting Parameters Description The camera name is reserved for customer use. Camera name Select the streaming mode. 1. TCP only 2. Multicast only Streaming Method 3. RTP Over UDP 4. RTP Over Multicast 5. RTP Over UDP & Multicast RTSP Authen Check box to enable RTP streaming’s Account/Password authentication.
  • Page 29 Select the port for this IP device to support RTSP RTSP port Video RTP Over Enable/disable the multicast video streaming via RTP protocol Multicast Audio RTP Over Enable/disable the multicast audio streaming via RTP protocol Multicast Select the port through which software applications may Video control port control this IP device.

  • Page 30: Video Adjustment

    1.3.7 Video Adjustment This section tells you how to fine tune video display and setup Motion detection. To access this section, click [Video Adjust] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Video adjustment page” will display as below This screen has three parts. The video window, the motion activity window and the settings area.
  • Page 31 To the right of Video window is the Motion Activity window. The vertical blue bars show recent amount of activity detected in the selected motion region. The red line shows the trigger threshold for the Runtime MD profile, and the blue line shows the threshold for the Event MD profile.
  • Page 32 Motion Detection Region on the video window. If some regions are not displayed on screen, just uncheck and check each box again.  STEP 5: sensitivity , interval and threshold Setup the each motion detection region. (See below box)  STEP 6: When you are satisfied with the motion detection settings, click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings.

  • Page 33: Osd / Privacy Mask

    1.3.8 OSD / Privacy Mask 1. Live View Window 2. Enable: Check this box to enable each OSD / Privacy mask region 3. Type: Each region can be in one of two types. OSD (On Screen Display) or Privacy mask 4.
  • Page 34 Notice to the corner for a full list of available parameters. The OSD text is primarily based upon this field. 9. Apply button: Click apply button to confirm the setting. Privacy Mask 1. Enable: Check this box to enable each OSD / Privacy mask region 2.

  • Page 35: Camera Setup (Hq1 Ccd Camera Models)

    1.3.9 Camera Setup (HQ1 CCD camera models) This section tells you how to adjust the camera. STEP1: Click the [Camera Setup] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Camera Setup page” is displayed as below Screen UI when Detection Source is DSP...
  • Page 36 ■ Camera setting Parameters Description Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left-right Check this box to enable back light compensation Select the white balance mode. After you set the parameter, you need to wait for 5~10seconds to see the final result.
  • Page 37 changes. This value controls the level of light where camera Night to Day switches into Day mode. Increasing it will make camera Threshold switch to Day mode at a darker illumination level. The camera will only switch day/night status if the illumination level stays either above or below the boundary Night To Day for this much time.

  • Page 38: Camera Setup (Cmos Camera Models)

    1.3.10 Camera Setup (CMOS camera models) This section tells you how to adjust the camera. STEP1: Click the [Camera Setup] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Camera Setup page” is displayed as below ■ Camera setting Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video up-down Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left-right...
  • Page 39 3. INDOOR2: Select the indoor white balance profile 4. OUTDOOR1: Select the outdoor white balance profile 1. 5. OUTDOOR2: Select the outdoor white balance profile 2 6. HOLD CURRENT: Select this to let the IP camera automatically obtain a best white balance setting according to current environment.

  • Page 40: Camera Setup (Ptz Camera Models)

    1.3.11 Camera Setup (PTZ camera models) STEP1: Click the [Camera Setup] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Camera Setup page” is displayed as below ■ Camera setting Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video up-down Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left-right Check this box to enable back light compensation.

  • Page 41: Upnp

    Iris Priority: The IP camera will adjust the exposure by Iris priority first. Manual: Manually select the Exposure Gain and Shutter Speed below. When exposure mode is auto, IP camera will adjust its shutter speed according to AGC gain and the Maximum AGC Gain auto shutter speed.

  • Page 42: Bonjour

    1.3.13 Bonjour 1. Enable Bonjour:Check the box to enable/disable Bonjour. 2. Friendly Name: Enter the Bonjour friendly name. 3. Apply Button: Apply Button: Click apply to confirm the setting. 4. Reset Button: Click reset to re-enter the paramaters. 1.3.14 IEEE 802.1x Please enable IEEE 802.1x and configure settings in the screen below.

  • Page 43: Ip Address Filtering

    1.3.15 IP Address Filtering WARNING: Please be very careful when using this function, as you may lose access to your camera if you make mistakes in setup. You may either accidentally deny yourself access, or forgot to include your own IP address in the allowed address list.
  • Page 44 IP Address filter enable: Check this box to enable IP Address Filtering. FILTER: The filter can be set in either “Allow” mode or “Deny” mode. “Allow” mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below. “Block” mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below.

  • Page 45: Event

    1.3.16 Event This section describes how to setup the Event Handler, which deals with how the IP device respond to situations. Each IP device can have a maximum of 10 Event Rules. Each rule includes one single trigger, and one or many responses.
  • Page 46 Event Servers: Event servers define whom the device may interact with. They can be other servers or devices on the network, or even the camera itself. Event Configuration sets up a list of what to tell the other party during interaction. Event list lays down the rules and conditions about when to initiate which responses from which triggers.
  • Page 47 primary SMTP server, then it will not use the secondary SMTP server. To setup SMTP servers, make sure to enable the SMTP account choose the proper Authentication type. There are many types available. The default is Login. We recommend you to use Auto Detection. Available authentication types include: Auto Detection, None, Login, Plain, Cram MD5, Digest MD5 and PoP Relay.
  • Page 48 HTTP CGI server CGI servers are programs that run on web sites or many devices. They can be custom programmed to perform a large variety of actions based upon the input. You can define which CGI server to connect to here, and the user / password required to log into the target server.

  • Page 49: Event Configuration

    server, enter the user name, the password, Network address, port number and Max connection time before timeout ( in seconds). Click [Apply] to use these settings or click [Reset] to clear changes. Event Configuration: Event configurations are the responses to be performed when an event is triggered.
  • Page 50 Trigger Interval: How does it work? When a motion is detected or the device receives a DI trigger, usually users want the camera to stay on high alert for a minimum duration of time before returning to normal mode. This duration is controlled by setting the trigger interval value.
  • Page 51 low when the event ends. Interval determines the minimum duration of each DO response( in seconds). DO will remain at the active level during this time, and if another event triggers DO before the end of the first DO, the second trigger will no take effect.
  • Page 53 Upload video/snapshot *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / FTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. IP devices may send video recording / snapshots to your chosen server upon event. Video will be in .RAW format, while snapshots will be .JPG files. You can define up to three group of settings to upload video/snapshot. Snapshots can be sent to FTP / HTTP CGI and via Email, while video can only be uploaded to FTP or HTTP CGI servers.
  • Page 54 Upload Time : IP device will provide video/snapshots for the number of seconds here. It will stop uploading video/snapshot at the end of this period. If you have video management software recording from this camera at the same time, the normal recording through NVR will not be affected, and goes on through out the event period and afterwards.
  • Page 55 CGI settings : Some CGI servers may require special info and settings. Please refer to CGI server designer for this section. IP devices do not allow upload of Snapshots / Video into their embedded CGI servers. Recipient Address / Subject: When uploading video/ snapshots via email, these information are required.
  • Page 56 Send URL commands *Pre-requisites: HTTP CGI server setup. *Pre-requisites: SMTP server / HTTP CGI server setup. URL commands can be sent to HTTP CGI servers upon event. This provides the possibility of highly intelligient response upon event. IP devices and many other devices also have embedded CGI servers that may be controlled.
  • Page 57 location, it increases the bitrate from 750k to 3M, and the frame rate from 4 fps to 8 fps. The bitrate / fps changes are reverted at the end of event. Go to a preset point (selected models only) For PTZ cameras, there will be an extra option available. This will require the camera to move to a preset location.
  • Page 58 Event Rules: You may define a maximum of 10 Event rules, which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event List panel. It will display under each Event ID, the days of the week it will be active, the start time and duration of the active period, the type of the source of trigger, and the actions used in the response.
  • Page 59 How is it triggered: Events may be triggered by several sources: Schedule: The event will start at the start time noted in the weekly scheduler, and end after the duration is reached. The active period and the triggered period are one and the same. You may also ask the event to be repeatedly triggered during this scheduled time.
  • Page 60 optimized for day and night, this provide better overall accuracy in both day and night conditions. Some night time only MD regions may also be activated this way. The event period will end when the camera returns to day mode, which will then reset the camera to the original settings. Ready: This will trigger the event responses once the device boots up.
  • Page 61 Change Motion Detection profile: This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event profile. The profile will return to runtime settings at the end of this event. You may program one motion detection region to be disabled at runtime, but enable it with event handler under some circumstances.

  • Page 62: User Account

    1.3.17 User Account This section tells you how to setup the accounts. STEP1: Click the [User account] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Account management page” is displayed as below  STEP2: Setup the account names and their respective passwords. There are 1 root (administrator) account and 10 common user...

  • Page 63: System Info

    1.3.18 System Info This section tells you how to see the system information of this IP device, including firmware version, MAC address, Product ID, WAN status and system log. STEP1: Click the [System info] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “System information page”...
  • Page 64  STEP2: View the information in the 3 columns. This information is very useful to understand the IP device status and to resolve any problem that might occur. ■ System info Column Description It shows the firmware version, MAC address, production ID, and System info factory default type of IP device.

  • Page 65: Firmware Upgrade

    1.3.19 Firmware Upgrade This section tells you how to update IP device’s firmware. You can always visit our web site for the latest firmware. STEP1: Click the [Firmware] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Firmware upgrade page-1” is displayed as below [Apply] button.
  • Page 66  STEP5: The progress bar shows the upgrading is completed, and system is rebooting.

  • Page 67: Profile

    1.3.20 Profile Profiles are sets of parameters that control how the image sensor behave. Sometimes profiles are fine-tuned again to suit a specific environment, or for generally better image. They are not updated as frequently as firmwares, and a good profile can stay in use for a very long time. Occasionally, you may wish to load a new profile pack into your camera.

  • Page 68: Factory Default

    1.3.21 Factory Default This section tells you how to load IP device’s factory default setting. STEP1: Click the [Factory Default] on the “Main Setup page”.  The “Factory default setting page” is displayed as below  STEP2: Click the checkbox to preserve WAN and HTTP settings from factory default.

  • Page 69: Logout

     STEP2: The Action LED indicator will go off to indicate that the IP device is rebooting. After around 30 seconds, the Action LED will light up again to indicate that the reboot is completed. 1.3.23 Logout This section tells you how to logout from the IP device. Be sure to logout this IP device once your setting is completed.

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