Summary of Contents for Arktan Systems AT-16SD180-N
- Page 1 AT-16SD180-N Quick Start Guide Low Lux Panoramic Cameras 10/02/2010 Revision 1.0...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Network Setup Network Configuration Software Installation Camera application Camera API Contact Information... -
Page 3: Network Setup
4. Connect your POE switch to the RJ-45 extender using a standard CAT-5 Ethernet cable. 5. AT-16SD180-N takes about 60 seconds to power up. Once up and running, the camera is ready to be configured by the network configuration utility provided in the USB flash drive. -
Page 4: Network Configuration
Network Configuration • To run the network configuration utility, you will need a computer running Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 operating system. • Make sure your computer is connected to the same network as the camera. Note: If you have multiple network connections on your computer, it is recommended to disable all of the network connections except the network where camera is connected. - Page 5 Network Configuration • To launch the network configuration utility, plug in the USB flash drive to a USB port on your computer. Left Click on Start button on bottom left and left click on the “Computer” option. This will open Windows Explorer listing all drives in the system.
- Page 6 Network Configuration • Click on “Discover All Arktan Systems Products On this Subnet”...
- Page 7 Network Configuration • The netconfig.exe utility will send mutlicast UDP probe on the network. All Arktan Systems cameras respond to the probe and utility lists all discovered cameras. - Column 1 highlights the cameras discovered. - Column 2 lists Ethernet MAC address of the camera. The MAC address is also listed on the sticker on the camera.
- Page 8 Network Configuration • To assign a static IP address to the camera you need three configuration parameters. 1. Column 5: IP address for the camera. Please make sure this is an unused IP address on your subnet. You can verify this by pinging the IP address before assignment.
- Page 9 Network Configuration • Verify static IP address assignment by refreshing the camera discovery screen by clicking on the “Discover All Arktan System Products on this Subnet”. Check column 3 to verify your static IP address. You can go ahead and access camera web interface through any web browser like Windows “Internet Explorer”. The camera can be accessed through URL http://camera_ip_address, e.g.
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Page 10: Software Installation
Software Installation Camera Discovery If only the Arktan Systems IP Cameras need to be located on a LAN, it is sometimes more convenient to use a more standard discovery tool. Arktan Systems cameras can be discovered on the network via Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking. - Page 11 On selecting the bonjour plug-in, a browser frame is created, and an auto scan for bonjour devices on the network will begin. Below you see an zoom-in view of the previous figure showing a single Arktan Systems camera with the following syntax mac_address-current_ip_address-internal_ip_addr-ArktanSystems.
- Page 12 Software Installation Silverlight Installation Once the IP address of the camera is known on the network, it is possible to directly view the camera by going to that address using any of the popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla FireFox). The camera serves a Microsoft Silverlight Application for viewing, configuring or updating the camera software.
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Page 13: Camera Application
Camera Application Direct Camera Viewing By connecting to the IP address of the camera (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) you will be shown a panoramic Motion JPEG stream for the default channel along with an interactive watch window (an orange border rectangle) to zoom and pan within the panorama. - Page 14 Camera Application The top panoramic viewer has a sliding tool bar shown below. The entire page can go to full-screen by selecting the Full Screen check box. Note the other information provided here are the channel ID, frame rate and current average bit rate.
- Page 15 Camera Application Software Image Alignment The camera imagers can be aligned using the Settings -> Alignment menu as shown below.
- Page 16 Camera Application Both vertical and horizontal alignment is possible. Adjust each right imager relative to its left, individually, for each of the four imager edges. Changes take effect only when the Apply button is pressed. Reset buttons, Reset Vertical and Reset Horizontal, have been provided for quickly setting all the values to zero for vertical and horizontal alignment sliders respectively.
- Page 17 Camera Application Installing Updates Arktan Systems Cameras allow updates to camera firmware, application and programmability interfaces. This functionality is available through Settings->Install Updates menu. Updates are done using an AUP (Arktan Update Package) file.
- Page 18 Camera Application • To install a new update saved on your PC, select the Browse button to navigate to the location of the file. Select Apply to install the update on the camera. The camera application web page will get refreshed, and will reconnect to the camera to obtain the updated features.
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Page 19: Camera Api
Camera API Programmability Arktan Systems Cameras support PSIA 1.1 and other open camera interfaces supported by major VMS providers. They are available as AUP updates to the camera. Factory version of the camera supports 2 basic URLs to access an M-JPEG stream and still picture snapshot. - Page 20 Contact Info 580 California Street, Suite 1200 , San Francisco, CA 94104 1-888-757-6610 info@arktansystems.com www.arktansystems.com...
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