Advidia “A” Series User Manual for Network Camera Advidia “A” Series Network Camera User Manual V4.1.0...
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This manual is applied to the following camera models: Type Model Dome A-42, A-44, A-44-OD, A-44-IR, A54 camera Mini A-14, A-34, A-34W, A-46 Dome camera Bullet A-45 Camera Mini A-15, A-35 Bullet Camera IV Also some basic information about the A-200 PTZ is in this manual for more detailed information please look at its separate manual.
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Thank you for purchasing our product. If there are any questions, or requests, please do not hesitate to contact the dealer. This manual applies to Network Camera. This manual may contain several technical incorrect places or printing errors, and the content is subject to change without notice.
Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Safety Warnings and Cautions Please pay attention to the following warnings and cautions: Hazardous Voltage may be present: Special measures and precautions must be taken when using this device. Some potentials (voltages) on the device may present a hazard to the user. This device should only be used by employees from our company with knowledge and training in working with these types of devices that contain live circuits.
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Power Cord Requirements: The connector that plugs into the wall outlet must be a grounding-type male plug designed for use in your region. It must have certification marks showing certification by an agency in your region. The connector that plugs into the AC receptacle on the power supply must be an IEC 320, sheet C13, female connector.
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determined by turning the equipment on and off, the user is required to take measures to eliminate the interference or discontinue the use of this equipment. Lead Content: Please recycle this device in a responsible manner. Refer to local environmental regulations for proper recycling; do not dispose of device in unsorted municipal waste.
Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that the user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into ‘Warnings’ and ‘Cautions’: Warnings: Serious injury or death may be caused if any of these warnings are neglected.
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Cautions: Make sure the power supply voltage is correct before using the camera. Do not drop the camera or subject it to physical shock. Do not touch sensor modules with fingers. If cleaning is necessary, use a clean cloth with a bit of ethanol and wipe it gently. If the camera will not be used for an extended period of time, put on the lens cap to protect the sensor from dirt.
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT .................... 12 CHAPTER 2 NETWORK CONNECTION ..................13 LAN ................13 ETTING THE ETWORK AMERA OVER THE 2.1.1 Wiring over the LAN ......................13 2.1.2 Detecting and Changing the IP Address ................14 WAN ................
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Importing/Exporting Configuration File ................ 72 10.6.4 Upgrading the System ....................73 10.7 RS-232 S ........................73 ETTINGS 10.8 RS-485 S ........................74 ETTINGS APPENDIX ............................75 1 ADVIDIA CAMERA FINDER UTILITY S ..........75 PPENDIX OFTWARE NTRODUCTION ........................78 PPENDIX APPING...
Chapter 1 System Requirement Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and above version / Vista / Win7 / Server 2003 / Server 2008 32bits CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz or higher RAM: 1G or higher Display: 1024×768 resolution or higher Web Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 and above version, Apple Safari 5.02 and above version, Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and above version and Google Chrome8 and above versions.
To view and configure the camera via a LAN, you need to connect the network camera in the same subnet with your computer, and install the ADVIDIA CAMERA FINDER UTILITY to search and change the IP of the network camera.
Steps: 1. To get the IP address, you can choose either of the following methods: Use ADVIDIA CAMERA FINDER UTILITY, a software tool which can automatically detect the online network cameras in the LAN and list the device information including IP address, subnet mask, port number, device serial number, device version, etc., shown in Figure 2-3.
Advidia Camera Finder Interface Figure 2-3 2.2 Setting the Network Camera over the WAN Purpose: This section explains how to connect the network camera to the WAN with a static IP or a dynamic IP. 2.2.1 Static IP Connection Before you start: Please apply a static IP from an ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Accessing the Camera through Router with Static IP Figure 2-4 Connecting the network camera with static IP directly You can also save the static IP in the camera and directly connect it to the internet without using a router. Refer to Section 2.1.2 Detecting and Changing the IP Address for detailed IP address configuration of the camera.
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Configuring PPPoE Settings for detailed configuration. Accessing the Camera with Dynamic IP Figure 2-6 Note: The obtained IP address is dynamically assigned via PPPoE, so the IP address always changes after rebooting the camera. To solve the inconvenience of the dynamic IP, you need to get a domain name from the DDNS provider (E.g.
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2. Access the network camera through the LAN with a web browser or the client software. 3. Enable DDNS and select IP Server as the protocol type. Refer to Section 5.3.4 Configuring DDNS Settings for detailed configuration.
Advidia “A” Series User Manual for Network Camera Chapter 3 Access to the Network Camera 3.1 Accessing by Web Browsers Steps: 1. Open the web browser. 2. In the address field, input the IP address of the network camera, e.g., 192.0.0.64 and press the Enter key to enter the login interface.
Install Plug-in (3) Figure 3-5 Note: You may have to close the web browser to install the plug-in. Please reopen the web browser and log in again after installing the plug-in. Chapter 4 Live View 4.1 Live View Page Purpose: The live video page allows you to view live video, capture images, and configure video parameters.
Menu Bar Live View Parameters PTZ control for A-200 Preset setting/calling Live view window Toolbar Live View Page Figure 4-1 Menu Bar: Click each tab to enter Live View, Playback, Log and Configuration page respectively. Live View Window: Display the live video. Toolbar: Operations on the live view page, e.g., live view, capture, record, audio on/off, two-way audio, etc.
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live view of the camera. Start Live View Figure 4-2 Descriptions of the Toolbar Table 4-1 Icon Description Start/Stop live view Manually capture the pictures displayed in live view and then save it as a JPEG file. Manually start/stop recording. Audio on and adjust volume /Mute.
or return to normal mode from the full-screen. Please refer to the following sections for more information: Configuring remote recording in Section 6.2 Configuring Recording Schedule. Setting the image quality of the live video in Section 5.1 Configuring Local Parameters and Section 5.4.1 Configuring Video Settings. Setting the OSD text on live video in Section 5.5.2 Configuring OSD Settings.
Click the zoom/iris/focus buttons to realize lens control. Notes: There are 8 direction arrows ( , ) in the live view window when you click and drag the mouse in the relative positions. For the cameras which support lens movements only, the direction buttons are invalid.
Calling a Preset: This feature enables the camera to point to a specified preset scene manually or when an event takes place. For the defined preset, you can call it at any time to the desired preset scene. In the PTZ control panel, select a defined preset from the list and click to call the preset.
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and captured using the web browser and thus the saving paths of them are on the PC running the browser. Steps: 1. Enter the Local Configuration interface: Configuration > Local Configuration Local Configuration Interface Figure 5-1 2. Configure the following settings: Live View Parameters: Set the protocol type and live view performance.
Picture and Clip Settings: Set the saving paths of the captured pictures and clipped video files. Valid for the pictures you captured with the web browser. Save snapshots in live view to: Set the saving path of the manually captured pictures in live view mode.
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Time Zone Settings Figure 5-3 Synchronizing Time by NTP Server. (1) Check the checkbox to enable the NTP function. (2) Configure the following settings: Server Address: IP address of NTP server. NTP Port: Port of NTP server. Interval: The time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server.
2. Click to save the settings. 5.3 Configuring Network Settings 5.3.1 Configuring TCP/IP Settings Purpose: TCP/IP settings must be properly configured before you operate the camera over network. Steps: 1. Enter TCP/IP Settings interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration > Network > TCP/IP Or Configuration >...
DNS Server Settings Figure 5-8 5. Click to save the above settings Note: it will ask for a reboot for the settings to take effect. 5.3.2 Configuring Port Settings Purpose: You can set the port No. of the camera, e.g. HTTP port, RTSP port and HTTPS port. Steps: Enter the Port Settings interface: Configuration >...
PPPoE Settings Figure 5-10 2. Check the Enable PPPoE checkbox to enable this feature. 3. Enter User Name, Password, and Confirm password for PPPoE access. Note: The User Name and Password should be assigned by your ISP. 4. Click to save and exit the interface. Note: it will ask for a reboot for the settings to take effect.
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3. Select DDNS Type. Three DDNS types are selectable: HiDDNS, IPServer and DynDNS. DynDNS: Steps: (1) Enter Server Address of DynDNS (e.g. members.dyndns.org). (2) In the Domain text field, enter the domain name obtained from the DynDNS website. (3) Enter the Port of DynDNS server. (4) Enter the User Name and Password registered on the DynDNS website.
(2) Enter the Server Address www.hik-online.com (3) Enter the Domain name of the camera. The domain is the same with the device alias in the HKDDNS server. (4) Click to save the new settings. Note: It will ask for a reboot for the settings to take effect. 5.3.5 Configuring SNMP Settings Purpose: You can set the SNMP function to get camera status, parameters and alarm related...
SNMP Settings Figure 5-14 2. Check the corresponding version checkbox ( ) to enable the feature. 3. Configure the SNMP settings. Note: The settings of the SNMP software should be the same as the settings you configure here. 4. Click to save and finish the settings.
Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > 802.1X 802.1X Settings Figure 5-15 2. Check the Enable IEEE 802.1X checkbox to enable the feature. 3. Configure the 802.1X settings, including EAPOL version, user name and password. Note: The EAPOL version must be identical with that of the router or the switch. 4.
3. Click to save the settings. Note: it will ask for a reboot for the settings to take effect. 5.3.8 Configuring FTP Settings Purpose: You can configure the FTP server related information to enable the uploading of the captured pictures to the FTP server. The captured pictures can be triggered by events or a timing snapshot task.
5.3.9 Configuring UPnP™ Settings Universal Plug and Play (UPnP™) is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software and other hardware devices. The UPnP protocol allows devices to connect seamlessly and to simplify the implementation of networks in the home and corporate environments. With the function enabled, you don’t need to configure the port mapping for each port, and the camera is connected to the Wide Area Network via the router.
3. Click to save the settings. 5.4 Configuring Video and Audio Settings 5.4.1 Configuring Video Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Video Settings interface: Configuration >Basic Configuration > Video / Audio > Video Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Video / Audio > Video Configure Video Settings Figure 5-19 2.
which the video stream is updated and it is measured by frames per second (fps). A higher frame rate is advantageous when there is movement in the video stream, as it maintains image quality throughout. Max. Bitrate: Set the max. bitrate to 32~16384 Kbps. The higher value corresponds to the higher video quality, but the higher bandwidth is required.
5.5 Configuring Image Parameters 5.5.1 Configuring Display Settings Purpose: You can set the image quality of the camera, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness, etc. Note: The Display parameters vary depending on the camera model. Steps: 1. Enter the Display Settings interface: Configuration >...
image horizontally and vertically. It can be used to view the image in the way you see it directly using your eyes. BLC Area: BLC area is the area sense the light intensity; Close, Up, Down, Left, Right and Center are selectable.
2. Check the corresponding checkbox to select the display of camera name, date or week if required. 3. Edit the camera name in the text field of Camera Name. 4. Select from the drop-down list to set the time format, date format, display mode and the OSD font size.
Text Overlay Settings Figure 5-24 5.5.4 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: Privacy mask enables you to cover certain areas on the live video to prevent certain spots in the surveillance area from being live viewed and recorded. Steps: 1. Enter the Privacy Mask Settings interface: Configuration >...
Privacy Mask Settings Figure 5-25 4. Click and drag the mouse in the live video window to draw the mask area. Note: You are allowed to draw up to 4 areas on the same image. 5. Click to finish drawing or click to clear all of the areas you set without saving them.
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Tasks: 1. Set the Motion Detection Area. Steps: (1) Enter the motion detection settings interface Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Motion Detection (2) Check the checkbox of Enable Motion Detection. Enable Motion Detection Figure 5-26 (3) Click . Click and drag the mouse on the live video image to draw a motion detection area.
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Steps: Arming Time Figure 5-27 (1) Click to edit the arming schedule. The Figure 5-28 shows the editing interface of the arming schedule. (2) Choose the day you want to set the arming schedule. (3) Click to set the time period for the arming schedule. (4) After you set the arming schedule, you can copy the schedule to other days (Optional).
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Purpose: You can specify the linkage method when an event occurs. The following contents are about how to configure the different types of linkage method. Linkage Method Figure 5-29 Steps: (1) Check the checkbox to select the linkage method. Audible warning, notify surveillance center, send email, upload to FTP, trigger channel and trigger alarm output are selectable (Optional).
5.6.2 Configuring Tamper-proof Alarm Purpose: You can configure the camera to trigger the alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action. Steps: 1. Enter the Tamper-proof Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Events > Tamper-proof Tamper-proof Alarm Figure 5-30 2.
Section 6.6.1. 6. Click to save the settings. 5.6.3 Configuring Video Loss Alarm Steps: 1. Enter the Video Loss Setting interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Video Loss Video Loss Figure 5-31 2. Check the Enable Video Loss Detection checkbox to enable the video loss detection.
5.6.4 Configuring External Alarm Input Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Input Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Alarm Input: 2. Choose the alarm input No. and the Alarm Type. The alarm type can be NO (Normally Open) and NC (Normally Closed). Edit the name to set a name for the alarm input (optional).
Linkage Method Figure 5-33 5.6.5 Configuring Alarm Output Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Output Settings interface: Configuration>Advanced Configuration> Events > Alarm Output 2. Select one alarm output channel in the Alarm Output drop-down list. You can also set a name for the alarm output (optional). 3.
Alarm Output Settings Figure 5-34 5.6.6 Handling Exception The exception type can be HDD full, HDD error, network disconnected, IP address conflicted and illegal login to the cameras. Steps: 1. Enter the Exception Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Exception 2.
3. Click to save the settings. 5.6.7 Configuring Email Settings Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated receivers if an alarm event is detected, e.g., motion detection event, video loss, tamper-proof, etc. Before you start: Please configure the DNS Server settings under Basic Configuration >...
SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com). SMTP Port: The SMTP port. The default TCP/IP port for SMTP is 25 (not secured). And the SSL SMTP port is 465. Enable SSL: Check the checkbox to enable SSL if it is required by the SMTP server.
1) Configure the FTP settings and check checkbox in FTP Settings interface. Please refer to Section 6.3.8 Configuring FTP Settings for more details to configure FTP parameters. 2) Check the Enable Timing Snapshot checkbox. Upload event-triggered snapshots to FTP Steps: 1) Configure the FTP settings and check checkbox in FTP Settings interface.
6.1 Configuring NAS Settings Before you start: The network disk should be available within the network and properly configured to store the recorded files, log files, etc. Steps: 1. Add the network disk (1) Enter the NAS (Network-Attached Storage) Settings interface: Configuration >...
Initializing Figure 6-3 When the initialization completed, the status of disk will become Normal. View Disk Status Figure 6-4 Notes: Up to 8 NAS disks can be connected to the camera. To initialize and use the SD card after insert it to the camera, please refer to the steps of NAS disk initialization.
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3. Set the record parameters of the camera. Record Parameters Figure 6-6 Pre-record: The time you set to start recording before the scheduled time or the event. For example, if an alarm triggers recording at 10:00, and the pre-record time is set as 5 seconds, the camera starts to record at 9:59:55. The Pre-record time can be configured as No Pre-record, 5 s, 10 s, 15 s, 20 s, 25 s, 30 s or not limited.
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Note: The time of each segment can’t be overlapped. Up to 4 segments can be configured. (2) Select a Record Type. The record type can be Normal, Motion Detection, Alarm, Motion | Alarm, Motion & Alarm, PIR Alarm, Wireless Alarm, Emergency Alarm, or Motion | Alarm Input | PIR | Wireless | Emergency.
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alarm is detected. Besides configuring the recording schedule, you have to set the wireless alarm and check the checkbox of Trigger Channel in the Normal Linkage of Wireless Alarm in Other Alarm Settings interface. For detailed information, please refer to Step 1 Configure the Wireless Alarm in the Section 5.6.9. Record Triggered by Emergency Alarm If you select Emergency Alarm, the video will be recorded when the emergency alarm is detected.
Advidia “A” Series User Manual for Network Camera Chapter 7 Playback Purpose: This section explains how to view the remotely recorded video files stored in the network disks or SD cards. Steps: 1. Click on the menu bar to enter playback interface.
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process. Playback Toolbar Figure 7-3 Description of the buttons Table 7-1 Button Operation Button Operation Play Capture a picture Start/Stop clipping video Pause files Audio on and adjust Stop volume/Mute Speed down Download video files Download captured Speed up pictures Playback by Enable/Disable digital frame...
Advidia “A” Series User Manual for Network Camera Chapter 8 Log Searching Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the camera can be stored in log files. You can also export the log files on your demand. Before you start: Please configure network storage for the camera or insert a SD card in the camera.
Advidia “A” Series User Manual for Network Camera Chapter 9 Others 9.1 Managing User Accounts Enter the User Management interface: Configuration >Basic Configuration> Security > User Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Security > User The admin user has access to create, modify or delete other accounts. Up to 15 user accounts can be created.
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Add a User Figure 9-2 Modify a User Steps: 1. Left-click to select the user from the list and click 2. Modify the User Name, Level or Password. 3. In the Basic Permission field and Camera Configuration field, you can check or uncheck the permissions.
Delete a User Steps: 1. Left-click the user name you want to delete and click 2. Click on the pop-up dialogue box to delete the user. Delete a User Figure 9-4 Anonymous Visit 9.2 Configuring RTSP Authentication Purpose: You can specifically secure the stream data of live view. Steps: 1.
Enabling this function allows visit for whom doesn’t have the user name and password of the device. Steps: 1. Enter the Anonymous Visit interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Security > Anonymous Visit Anonymous Visit Figure 9-6 2. Set the Anonymous Visit permission Enable or Disable in the drop-down list to enable or disable the anonymous visit.
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IP Address Filter Interface Figure 9-8 2. Check the checkbox of Enable IP Address Filter. 3. Select the type of IP Address Filter in the drop-down list, Forbidden and Allowed are selectable. 4. Set the IP Address Filter list. Add an IP Address Steps: (1) Click the button to add an IP.
Modify an IP Figure 9-10 (3) Click the button to finish modifying. Delete an IP Address Left-click an IP address from filter list and click button. Delete all IP Addresses Click button to delete all the IP addrsses. 5. Click button to save the settings.
Device Information Figure 9-11 9.6 Maintenance 9.6.1 Rebooting the Camera Steps: 1. Enter the Maintenance interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration> System > Maintenance Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance: 2. Click to reboot the network camera. Reboot the Device Figure 9-12 9.6.2 Restoring Default Settings Steps:...
1. Click to select the local configuration file and then click start importing configuration file. Note: You need to reboot the camera after importing configuration file. 2. Click and set the saving path to save the configuration file in local storage.
device will be controlled remotely by the computer through the network. Steps: 1. Enter RS-232 Port Setting interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> System > RS232 RS-232 Settings Figure 9-16 Note: If you want to connect the camera by the RS-232 port, the parameters of the RS-232 should be exactly the same with the parameters you configured here.
Appendix 1 Advidia Camera Finder Utility Introduction Description of ADVIDIA CAMERA FINDER UTILITY V 2.0 ADVIDIA CAMERA FINDER UTILITY is a user-friendly device search tool. It searches the active online devices within your subnet and displays the information of the devices.
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online; it will be removed from the list in 45 seconds after it went offline. Search online devices manually You can also click to refresh the online device list manually. The newly searched devices will be added to the list. Note: You can click on each column heading to order the...
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Figure A.1.2 Modify Network Parameters Restore default password- must call for support to accomplish this Steps: 1. Contact our technical engineers to get the serial code. Note: Serial code is a series of characters combined by the start time and the serial number of the device.
Appendix 2 Port Mapping The following settings are for TP-LINK router (TL-R410). The settings vary depending on different models of routers. Steps: 1. Select the WAN Connection Type, as shown below: Figure A.2.1 Select the WAN Connection Type 2. Set the LAN parameters of the router as in the following figure, including IP address and subnet mask settings.
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ports of another camera as 81, 8001, 555, 8201 with IP 192.168.1.24. Refer to the steps as below: Note: The 8200 port changes with the 8000 port with a constant value of 200. E.g. if the 8000 port is changed to 8005, then the 8200 port should be changed to 8205.
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