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Mobotix M22 Software Manual

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Microphone & speaker
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Video SIP Client
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Complete Integration for Web and Security
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  • Page 1: Live Viewing

    CMOS www.mobotix.com > Services > Manuals without mechanical iris Concealed cabling Wall bracket with cable cover for RJ45 wall outlet MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany Robust no moving parts www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006 fiber glass housing...
  • Page 2 Software Camera Manual Part 2 MOBOTIX ... the new face of IP video Note: MOBOTIX offers seminars that include a workshop and practical excercises: Basic Seminar 2 days, Advanced Seminar 2 days. For more information, see www.mobotix.com Note Chapters 1 to 3 can be found in the Camera Manual Part 1 for your camera.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.10.3 Browser 4.10.4 MxViewer 4.10.5 Installing and Starting MxViewer 4.10.6 Windows Processes 4.11 Operating Multiple Cameras 4.11.1 Overview 4.11.2 Simultaneously Displaying Several Cameras with High Image Rates © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 4 5.8.2 Reduction of Dark Noise 5.8.3 Configuration Hints Managing Settings 5.9.1 Overview 5.9.2 The Configuration File 5.9.3 Loading Configuration Files 5.9.4 Copying Configuration Files to Other Cameras © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 5 7.8.6 Time Tables 7.8.7 Image Profiles 7.8.8 Logo Profiles Time Tasks 7.9.1 Overview 7.9.2 Time Tasks 7.9.3 Scheduled Tasks Using the Time Task Event (TT) RECORDING Overview © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 6 9.9.2 Remotely Controlling the Camera Using a Softphone 9.9.3 Video Telephony Example: Intercom System 9.9.4 Configuring a MOBOTIX Camera for Video Telephony 9.9.5 Configuring a Softphone for Video Telephony INDEX © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 7 Technical information subject to change without notice! No part of this manual may be reproduced by any means without our written approval! Copyright © MOBOTIX AG, Kaiserslautern, Germany © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    As the features are constantly updated, you should consult the Products > Feature Overview file on www.mobotix.com for the most recent information on the soft- ware features of your model. Typographic Conventions...
  • Page 9 Model Limitations Image size Mega Mega Image sensor (color / B/W) Color Color Color & BW Color & BW Standard lens for software version Audio support (Microphone/Speaker) © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 10: Camera User Interface

    • Direct access using a browser (section 4.1, The First Image in the Browser ) • Display the camera using MxViewer (free Windows client for MOBOTIX cameras; section 4.2, The First Image in MxViewer ) Open the browser-based user interface of the camera to...

  • Page 11: Additional Information

    After entering the camera's IP address in the browser address bar (e.g. 10.1.0.99), you will see the Live screen of the MOBOTIX camera with its user interface controls, such as softbuttons, buttons for the different camera screens, pull-down menus ( Quick Controls ), icons for accessing the online help and the camera status, as well as status information elements above and below the live image.

  • Page 12: Camera Screens In The Browser

    /288 4.1.2 Camera Screens in the Browser By factory default, the MOBOTIX camera first shows the Live screen. You can set a different entry page in order to prevent others from changing settings; you can assign user names and passwords to prevent unauthorized access or you can restrict access to the current live image only, by setting the Guest screen as entry page.

  • Page 13: The First Image In Mxviewer

    MxViewer can do quite a bit more than simply display the video and audio data from MOBOTIX cameras. The unique features of the MOBOTIX MxViewer with one or more MOBOTIX cameras create a full-featured security system with intelligent alarm handling, extensive possibilities of arranging the cameras on layouts (Mul- tiView screens), ability to display cameras that are sending alarm notifications and integrated camera management functions.
  • Page 14 Defining Video Sources If you start MxViewer for the first time on a computer without having defined any video sources (MOBOTIX cameras) before, the MxViewer Video Sources dialog will appear. Depending on the task at hand, select the appropriate option in the Select video sources group: •...
  • Page 15 If MxViewer finds only one subnet, the scanning proc- ess will start automatically. In the first pass, MxViewer searches the selected subnet for MOBOTIX cameras and in the second pass, MxViewer verifies if it can access the cameras. MxViewer then highlights all cameras in the list, which have a status of OK or...
  • Page 16 Video Sources dialog, you can manually add the IP addresses or DNS names of video streams the MOBOTIX cameras. • Add: Add the IP address or DNS name of the MOBOTIX camera you entered to the list. If possible, MxViewer shows the image of the last camera you added in the pre- view window.

  • Page 17: The Live Screen In The Browser

    For additional information on this topic, read section 5.5.4, Placeholders and Variables in the Comment Field , as well as Placeholders for Dynamic Image Text in the camera help and the reference manual. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 18 Note: You can remove the Setup Menu button ([Shift]-click the softbutton); after that, accessing the Admin menu is only possi- ble using the direct link: http://10.1.0.99/control. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 19 This dialog may contain other steps as shown here, e.g. if the ActiveX plug-in has already been installed. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 20 Play Sound: This button will play back the default voice message on the speaker of the MOBOTIX camera (" This is your MOBOTIX camera calling ") Using this button can also help identifying the camera of a large installation currently shown in the browser, e.g. if it is to be repositioned.
  • Page 21 Acknowl- edge link. This feature can be used to acknowledge the alarms, if MxViewer cannot be used (see section 4.10.4, MxViewer ). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 22 2x and 4x enlargement. Zooming is handled completely by the camera software. When used on a MOBOTIX Dual camera with wide-angle and tele lenses, the range of focal lengths available covers 38 mm to about 540 mm (compared to 35mm ca- mera).
  • Page 23 Quick Controls Using the Quick Controls above the live image, you can set the most important image parameters of the MOBOTIX camera. These settings can also be changed in the Setup Menu. Quick Controls provide fast access to often-used image settings Browser frame rate Use this dropdown list to set the rate for updating the live image in the browser.

  • Page 24: Image Settings

    • Auto image of the right sensor. Selecting the Auto setting in a MOBOTIX Night model causes the camera to automatically switch from the right (color) to the left sensor (B/W) when the il- lumination falls below the value set for Camera Night Switch (DY/NI). In a ©...
  • Page 25 Night models automatical- ly switch between day and night lenses! MOBOTIX Dual model, combining the Auto option with a Time Table profile Kameramodell will let the camera switch sensors automatically at the preset times. When the Time Table profile is active, the camera uses the right sensor; otherwise, the left sensor will be used.

  • Page 26: Browser Settings, Operating Mode

    In practice, you should never have to select this mode. ActiveX This is the ideal operating mode for the MOBOTIX camera. However, it only runs in ActiveX => Audio in Internet Explorer on Windows computers.

  • Page 27: Saving The Settings

    Close symbol in the top right corner of the dialog will not store the settings permanently. The settings are lost when re- booting the camera. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 28: Jpeg, Mxpeg And Audio

    The camera will always deliver images to a standard browser without Java or ActiveX plug-ins, independent of the selected compression method. The MOBOTIX camera thus has the unique advantage that it can produce a fast Simultaneously provides live video stream in MxPEG format, but it can also save single images in regular MxPEG and JPEG JPEG format for FTP transmission or e-mails.
  • Page 29 (P4 with 3.0 GHz). Download the newest version of MxViewer free-of-charge from the MOBOTIX website. Section 4.3.6, Background Information on JPEG, MxPEG and Audio , will give a more detailed overview of the compression methods. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 30: Background Information On Jpeg, Mxpeg And Audio

    For security purposes, however, the moving objects are the most important ones and they have to be transferred to the monitor in good quality and as quickly as possible. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 31 Video transmission at 25 fps in CIF format (320x240 pixels) is reduced to only 1 Mbps bandwidth. Kameramodell Another huge advantage of the MOBOTIX camera with MxPEG video encoding is the audio channel that is transmitted and played back realtime independent of the frame rate.

  • Page 32: The Playback Screen In The Browser

    4.4 The Playback Screen in the Browser 4.4.1 Controls The MOBOTIX camera can record image sequences and video clips either triggered by events or continuously. In addition, the camera can save images before and after an event has been triggered.
  • Page 33 • Recording on: Activates the recording feature of the camera. The REC sym- bol in the live image will be displayed in yellow: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 34: Events And Storage Options

    The camera automatically deletes old recordings to make room for new vi- tegrated into the camera deo clips or if the allotted life time for a recording has expired. The MOBOTIX came- ra supports PCs and servers with UNIX, Linux and Windows (from 2000) as well as Mac OS X operating systems (from version 10.3).
  • Page 35 (either internally or in a ring buffer on a PC/server). No user interaction is required, regardless of where the images are stored. The administration menu of the MOBOTIX camera contains the Event Storage dialog for setting the network address and the maximum storage capacity on the recording PC/server (see chapter 8, Recording ).

  • Page 36: Recording Modes

    Arming can be controlled to the minute using the weekly time table profiles (see section 7.8.6, Time Tables ). Every weekday can have a different setting with several Kameramodell periods per day in which the camera is armed. On top, MOBOTIX cameras can handle custom days for including or excluding freely definable days or vacation ti- mes.
  • Page 37 The ef- ficiency of the PC or server used for recording increases by a factor of ten. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 38: Image Search Using Date & Time

    The TAR archive also contains an HTML index file that can play back the image sequences in a browser, independent of the MOBOTIX camera. The recorded images and video sequences can © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 39: The Multiview Screen In The Browser

    4.5 The MultiView Screen in the Browser 4.5.1 Controls Using any MOBOTIX camera to display several cameras in one browser is very simple and does not involve any kind of software installation. The came- ra images can be displayed in sizes of 160x120, 320x240, 640x480 and 1280x960.

  • Page 40: Defining Cameras

    Menu > MultiView Screens > Cameras, see figure). Select Search for new came- ras on the subnet and click on OK to have the camera search for other MOBOTIX cameras on the subnet and to display them in the camera list. As an alternative, you can enter the IP address of a known MOBOTIX camera by selecting Add a new camera , clicking on OK, entering the IP address and clicking on Add.

  • Page 41: Configuring Image Areas

    Note Camera List: The list of the cameras found on this subnet is a snapshot of all MOBOTIX cameras that were online when the search was initiated. It is by design that this list is not updated automatically as this would mean unnecessary network traffic and would put extra load on the searching camera.
  • Page 42 MultiView screen (see below). • Special Format (slow): This option selects the image that is to be shown (left or right image sensor for MOBOTIX Dual or Night models) and the frame rate, both independent of any live image settings of the correspon- ding camera.

  • Page 43: Creating Customized Screens

    Use this tab to manage, open, delete or rena- me the defined screens and to set the default screen. In order to assign MOBOTIX cameras to individual image areas of the MultiView screen, open the corresponding screen and proceed as described in section 4.5.3, Confi- guring Image Areas .

  • Page 44: Pda Screen

    4.6.1 Accessing the PDA Screen Live and event images on The PDA screen is a special screen of the MOBOTIX camera that is optimized for the PDA/mobile PDAs and smart phones that are able to display the event images of the MOBOTIX camera on their displays.
  • Page 45 /288 The button bar (see figure) contains the following controls: • Live: The Live PDA screen displays the current image of the MOBOTIX camera. To see a new image, click on the Live button. • Player: Use the Player button to view the events stored in the internal or the external image storage (file server) of the camera.

  • Page 46: Guest Screen

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 4.7 Guest Screen The Guest screen of the camera shows the live image of the MOBOTIX camera with a minimum number of controls. Guest screen with redu- Help pages ced image rate Info button...
  • Page 47 One of the main advantages of the Guest screen is that you can make the live Change the standard images of the MOBOTIX camera available to certain users, but they cannot mani- HTTP port in the Admin pulate the camera settings in any way. The Admin Menu > Users and Passwords Menu to protect the ca- and Admin Menu >...

  • Page 48: Browser Settings

    Popups are windows that display (mostly unwanted) Caution: Deactivate popup windows without user interaction (in this case, the MOBOTIX camera creates blockers! these windows). While active popup blockers make sense when surfing websites on the Internet, they may prevent individual windows from being displayed when used together with a MOBOTIX camera.
  • Page 49 Restrictive browser security settings may complicate or Activate JavaScript/ ActiveScripting! even prevent using the browser-based user interface of the MOBOTIX came- ra. Make sure that JavaScript Active Scripting (whichever is appropriate) are activated. It is recommended to add the camera IP addresses to the list of trusted sites.

  • Page 50: Configuring The Softbuttons

    Several pan/tilt head manufacturers deliver a con- figuration file for the MOBOTIX camera. After loading this configurati- Also used to switch other on file (Admin Menu > Load ...), the softbuttons are preset with the devices using the came- appropriate commands.

  • Page 51: Managing Softbutton Functions

    180 degrees, ...). Use the custom function to exe- cute any camera function and enter the corresponding values in the Parameter field of that line. The MOBOTIX camera thus offers highly flexible possibilities to adapt the user interface to the requirements of the current application (HTTP-API).
  • Page 52 Custom Function option. For more information on the MOBOTIX camera's programming interfaces, see chapter 11, Software Interfaces . The HTTP API and how to control MOBOTIX cameras using HTTP commands is also one of the main topics of the MOBOTIX...

  • Page 53: Fast Video Streaming

    • Make sure the camera has no other tasks (e.g. FTP transmissions, sending e- mails, ...). • Avoid showing logos and displaying text as much as possible. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 54: Browser

    MxPEG ActiveX plug-in has already been installed, the camera will briefly show a MOBOTIX logo before displaying the live image. To check if the plug-in has been installed properly, right-click directly into the live image. This should display the context menu of the ActiveX plug-in (see figure). If the...

  • Page 55: Mxviewer

    Softbuttons Alarm list Live images Besides the ActiveX plug-in for Internet Explorer, MOBOTIX offers MxViewer, a free Windows application for displaying fast video with audio (sound). Apart from displaying the video streams from different cameras, MxViewer has a number of other features: •...

  • Page 56: Installing And Starting Mxviewer

    Apart from the latest version of MxViewer, the download area also contains the Windows help for the application. Start the application and search for MOBOTIX cameras as described in section 4.2, The First Image in MxViewer . MxViewer displays the live images of the cameras it has found; the values for fra- me rate and bandwidth in the top right corner show the combined values for all displayed cameras.

  • Page 57: Windows Processes

    MOBOTIX MxViewer. The performance of a standard computer (P4, 3.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM) is sufficient to display e.g. 30 MOBOTIX cameras simultaneously (CIF format, 30 images per se- cond each) on a high-quality TFT monitor without experiencing any performance is- sues.

  • Page 58: Operating Multiple Cameras

    (e.g. MPEG4, MxPEG). The key to fast video display is the method of compressing and decompressing the video data as fast and efficiently as possible. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 59: Simultaneously Displaying Several Cameras With High Image Rates

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 The MOBOTIX MxPEG format in connection with MOBOTIX cameras is the only solution fulfilling these requirements. The MOBOTIX concept offers a three times higher compression rate than Motion JPEG while only 30 percent of the computing power is needed (as compared to MPEG4).
  • Page 60 • Storage Size: 4 MB • Minimum Delay • Full Screen • Hide Controls Note Quality Mode softbutton changes the settings to obtain the best possible image quality. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 61 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 Notes: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 62: General Camera Configuration

    Using the Quick Installation wizard is the easiest and safest way for initially Kameramodell configuring your MOBOTIX camera. After booting the MOBOTIX camera for the first time, accessing the administration menu (Admin Menu button) will start the Quick Administration menu: Installation wizard.

  • Page 63: The Admin Menu

    Profiles ) are added for setting the camera's special features. On top of this, you can save, retrieve, reset the configuration and transfer configuration data to other MOBOTIX cameras. Finally, the dialogs for updating the camera software and for rebooting are also in the Admin menu.

  • Page 64: The Setup Menu

    In addition, you can activate image recording and set the recording method. An event can trigger the MOBOTIX camera to perform a certain action or to send a Events, Actions, Messag- message, e.g. when the camera detects a movement or the microphone detects ing and Recording noises above the defined level.
  • Page 65 Less: Hide advanced features Adding the line expandmenu=on in the homepage section of the configuration file will always display all options when opening a camera dialog © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 66: Quick Installation

    The Quick Installation wizard provides an easy-to-use and safe method for setting up your MOBOTIX camera (Admin Menu > Quick Installation). After booting the MOBOTIX camera for the first time, any access to the administration menu (Admin Menu button) will start the Quick Installation wizard.
  • Page 67 No Default Route . If required, you can enter the Gateway Address and DNS Server information). Using these settings, you can connect your MOBOTIX camera to a computer or a local network (see chapter 3, Operating the Camera , in the corresponding Camera Manual ).

  • Page 68: Quick Installation Pages In Detail

    If you select the Modify the current configuration option, the camera will use the previously configured settings. In the course of the Quick Installation, you are free to keep these settings or to change them. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 69 Password: meinsm camera will NOT reset the passwords! A camera that is not accessible any more has to be sent back to the MOBOTIX factory or subsidiary for a full factory reset (this service is not free!). Public Access Kameramodell...
  • Page 70 (if required for privacy protection of employees, for example). Be deactivated irreversibly careful as even MOBOTIX engineers cannot reverse the permanent deactivation! For additional information on this topic, see section 5.4.5, Loudspeaker and Microphone . © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany...
  • Page 71 (A...Z, a...z), digits (0...9) and Staircase1) the hyphen (-). Caution: If you would like the MOBOTIX camera to be accessible in the local network using the same name, your network administrator will need to add this The camera's name is also name to the Domain Name Service (DNS) of your local network.
  • Page 72 ISDN interface card installed that is working properly. For additional information on this topic, see the ISDN Dial-In section further down. The Phone Dial-In interface enables you to control your MOBOTIX camera using a Remote-controlling the standard phone or mobile phone (mobile) with touchtone keys. In this case, the camera using a phone camera uses an ISDN connection.
  • Page 73 Enter a unique MSN that is still available for your telephone number. Make sure that this MSN is not identical with that of any other device on this ISDN bus. This means that you can operate e.g. a telephone, a computer and a MOBOTIX camera simultaneously on the same ISDN bus.
  • Page 74 MSN (e.g. "12345") first and change it to the correct one later on (Admin Menu > ISDN Data Connections > Dial-In Connection > Camera MSN). If you do not enter an MSN (possible only for Data Dial-In), your MOBOTIX camera can be accessed via any MSN assigned to your ISDN line.
  • Page 75 180 minutes and a maximum of 50 per day. After exceeding one of these limits, your MOBOTIX camera will block further dial-out attempts. You can modify these settings later on (Admin Menu > ISDN Connections > Dial-Out Parameters).
  • Page 76 DNS servers. To ensure accessibility of a public DNS server, make sure you have correctly configured the Ethernet interface and a valid gateway IP address. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 77 Admin Menu > Phone Profiles later on and you can also more telephone numbers to be called until a call been completed successfully. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 78 In the FTP Server IP or Name field, you can enter either the domain name (e.g. www.mobotix.de) or a (numeric) IP address. In any case, make sure to enter the correct user name and password for the FTP connec- tion.
  • Page 79 You can define image transfer to be Time-controlled image storage or Event- controlled image storage. Time-controlled image storage creates an FTP profile, which stores a live image as test.jpg in the MOBOTIX directory on the FTP server every five minutes.
  • Page 80 Once you have changed the administrator password, you can only login to the Admin menu using the new password. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 81 Waiting for the Camera to Reboot page. Once the camera has rebooted suc- cessfully, the dialog closes automatically and displays the camera user interface in the browser. Make sure all settings are correct © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 82: Connection Test

    /288 5.3 Connection Test The MOBOTIX camera displays an overview of the active interface and the config- ured profiles (FTP, e-mail, IP Notify) in the Admin Menu > Test Current Network Configuration dialog. This is a centralized and easy-to-use collection of tests for checking all settings and profiles of this camera.
  • Page 83 Miscellaneous Kameramodell • General Test: Enter a computer name to see if the camera can reach this computer using the ping command. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 84: Basic Settings

    (no user credentials are required to access these camera features). Similar to a computer operating system, the MOBOTIX camera provides all means to tailor the functionality to the needs of specific user groups. IT administrators, for example, can have unlimited access to all configuration settings, while IT assistants can only access the recording and event settings.
  • Page 85 Resetting the camera to the factory defaults is only MOBOTIX possible at the MOBOTIX factory or subsidiary (this service is not free!). User Groups Every user has to be assigned to a user group. Open Admin Menu > Group...
  • Page 86 • By factory default, users of this group can execute all functions of the MOBOTIX camera. They have access to the Admin menu and the Quick Installation wizard, the hardware setup, network, ISDN and VoIP settings, FTP and e-mail configurations, all camera screens and they can view the camera...
  • Page 87 This section controls the access rights of the camera screens, which are to be accessible or restricted for the individual user group. The section comprises all screens of the MOBOTIX camera (including the MultiView and PDA screens). For more information on the screens of the camera, see chapter 4, Camera User Interface .
  • Page 88 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 How the Group Access Control List Works In order to access a screen of the MOBOTIX camera, you need to have access to certain functions of the camera software. For viewing the Guest screen, for example, access to the /cgi-bin/ guestimage.html web page is necessary.
  • Page 89 In order to prevent a group from accessing the camera using MxViewer, make sure to deactivate all checkboxes in the Functions section of this group. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 90 • Open the Admin Menu > Users and Passwords dialog again and click on the Scheduled access control by link. • Enter the user name (Supervisor) and the password. User name: Supervisor © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 91 This page is only changed accessible if the Supervisor has been activated: http://<IP address>/admin/supervisor • Supervisor • User name: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 92 Create the test-user and assign it to the test-users group Assign the rights of the individual user groups Set the access times for test-users group © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 93 MOBOTIX. Resetting the camera to the factory default settings is only possible at MOBOTIX or one of its subsidiaries (this service is not free!). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany...

  • Page 94: Date And Time / Time Zones And Time Server

    /288 5.4.2 Date and Time / Time Zones and Time Server The MOBOTIX camera has a real-time clock that is buffered by a rechargeable bat- tery, making it independent of the actual camera power supply. When booting, the camera operating system's clock is synchronized with the real-time (hardware) clock and again every 6 hours.
  • Page 95 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 • • • • NTP allows using the camera as a time server for other MOBOTIX cam- eras (see below under Automatic Time Synchronization with a MOBOTIX Camera ). • • • • Time Protocol (RFC 868) should only be used for cameras that use an ISDN Dial-Out connection to access the time server.
  • Page 96 You can also use the symbolic name of a time server (e.g. time.nist.gov or ptptime1.ptb.de). Make sure that the MOBOTIX camera has access to a valid DNS server for this to work. • In the Time Server line of the Set Clock to section, click on the Set button. If an error message is displayed at the bottom of the dialog, check the IP address or the name of the time server;...
  • Page 97 Periodic Time Synchronization with a MOBOTIX camera on the Local Network Using the MOBOTIX Camera as a Time Server for Other Cameras • Activate the NTP time server feature of the MOBOTIX camera ( NTP (RFC 1305) option). • Enter the IP address 127.127.1.0 in one of the Time Server fields of the MOBOTIX time server camera.

  • Page 98: Led Signals And Led Configuration

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 5.4.3 LED Signals and LED Configuration Depending on the camera type, MOBOTIX cameras have six, four or two LEDs, Kameramodell which use blinking, flashing and permanent light to signal certain status or other information of the camera or its sensors.
  • Page 99 Caution If deactivated (LED Main Switch), the LEDs blink only when the camera is starting. Beyond that, the LEDs will not signal anything. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 100 • On: LED is always on M22M LED Signals • Off: LED is always off • Slow blinking: LED is blinking slowly (1Hz) • Fast blinking: LED is blinking fast (4Hz) © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 101 File server connection problem, serious errors: Both LEDs will blink slowly (1Hz) if the camera detects a serious error, e.g. connection problems to the external file server. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 102: Language And Entry Page

    • Guest: The Guest screen of the camera (section 4.7, The Guest Screen ) shows the live image of the MOBOTIX camera with the preset frame rate. A visitor on this screen may set the values up to the maximum frame rate that you allowed using the Refresh Rate for Guest Access >...
  • Page 103 (database search, event download, etc.). • MultiView: The MultiView screen of the camera (section 4.5, The MultiView Screen in the Browser ) allows viewing several MOBOTIX cameras (or several event images) on one screen in the browser. • PDA: The PDA screen of the camera (section 4.6, The PDA Screen ) shows the current live image.

  • Page 104: Microphone And Speaker

    /288 Caution: Improper use • HTTP Port(s): The default port for accessing your MOBOTIX camera in a may render the camera browser is port 80. You can set two different ports for accessing the camera inaccessible using this parameter. If you configure port 8000, for example, your camera can only be accessed using the IP address http://10.1.0.99:8000.
  • Page 105 (Test button). Set the cor- responding checkboxes to activate/deactivate the devices. These settings will affect all other camera settings that are using the audio functionality of the MOBOTIX camera. You can set the microphone either to Low , Medium or to High sensitivity. The speaker volume can be controlled in a similar way.

  • Page 106: Image Controls

    4.3, The Live Screen in the Browser ). Kameramodell Night models automatically switch between day and night lenses (Auto setting) Kameramodell Secure (M12, D12, V12, M22) models allow obscuring (masking) image areas © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 107 • RiL sensor within the image of the right sensor. • LiR Activating the Auto setting in a MOBOTIX Night model causes the camera to • Auto automatically switch from the right to the left sensor when the illumination Kameramodell falls below the value set for Camera Night Switch (DY/NI).
  • Page 108 Rate: Defines how many live Maximum frame rate images per second the MOBOTIX camera creates (in frames per second, or fps). Note that the frame rate displayed in the browser and in the MxViewer cannot be higher than the value set here.
  • Page 109 (masking) image situations (e.g. a bank teller). Provided that the respective image areas have areas: been obscured, you can still use your MOBOTIX camera. When combined • Mosaic with a time-table profile, such areas can also be obscured according to a •...

  • Page 110: Text Settings

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 5.5.3 Text Settings Your MOBOTIX camera allows you to display a lot of text and status information Display text and status information directly in the directly in the camera image. In the Setup Menu > Text and Display Settings dia-...
  • Page 111 (vertical white line) or as time-related Scroll Chart in the lower area of the live image. This helps monitoring the defined trigger values and when fine-tuning is required. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 112: Placeholders And Variables In The Comment Field

    • ^gx,y;: Free positioning of text using the parameters x and y (units are character width and character height as displayed in the image; the zero position is in the top left corner of the image). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 113: Examples For Placeholders And Variables In The Comment Field

    ^#0B^g25,20;Please lock door after 6:00pm !! The example below displays a white (^#0F) text ("WWW.MOBOTIX.COM") at a distance of one character from the right edge of the image (first parameter -1). An automatic line break occurs (after one character in this case). The text is displayed at a distance of 16 characters from the bottom edge of the image (second parame- ter -16).

  • Page 114: Compression Format And Image Quality

    /288 5.5.6 Compression Format and Image Quality Open Setup Menu > JPEG Settings to set the image format created internally by your MOBOTIX camera (JPEG or MxPEG) and set the quality of the image data. JPEG: For web applications MxPEG:...
  • Page 115 The MxPEG setting reduces the speed of the exposure control. We therefore recommend the JPEG setting for all applications that are not dependent on high frame rates. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 116: Color Settings (Color Profile And Saturation)

    /288 5.5.7 Color Settings (Color Profile and Saturation) Open Setup Menu > Color Settings to adapt the color display of your MOBOTIX camera to certain sources of light. Depending on the source of light (sun, incandescent bulb, fluorescent light, etc.), the portion of light reflected by a white wall contains different colors.
  • Page 117 White balance is difficult for sources of light with a spectrum that is not continuous, such as sodium vapour lamps, for example. This is not a limitation of the MOBOTIX camera. Obtaining proper values for white balance is not possible in this case due to the laws of physics.

  • Page 118: Logos

    Kameramodell 5.6 Logos 5.6.1 Overview The logo generator of your MOBOTIX camera can display one or several logos (graphic files) with free contours and selectable transparency in the camera image and features pixel-precise positioning and auto- matic alignment at any image border with defin- able offsets.
  • Page 119 In this process, all selected files are combined in a TAR archive (image_archive.tar). This TAR archive can then be uploaded to other MOBOTIX cameras. This section is available only if you already have stored graphics files in your camera.

  • Page 120: Logo Profiles

    Delete checkbox and then click on the Set button. Note You can download the graphics files stored on the MOBOTIX camera to your local computer and then transfer these files to other MOBOTIX cameras. 5.6.3 Logo Profiles The Admin Menu > Logo Profiles dialog provides all means for creating and con- figuring logo profiles.
  • Page 121 ( Enable option) or not ( Disable option). A logo that you have disabled for a live image can still be shown on an image saved to an exter- nal file or web (FTP) server. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 122 • Image Sizes: Select the image sizes (resolutions) on which the selected logo(s) are to be displayed. The MOBOTIX camera can thus display graphics Logos for different image optimized for the selected image sizes. The following image sizes are avail-...
  • Page 123 • Live Image Logo has been activated: Enable option • The resolution of the camera image has been set as valid resolution in the corresponding logo profile Generate income using logos for advertisement purposes! © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 124: Exposure Settings

    /288 5.7 Exposure Settings Setup Menu > Exposure Settings 5.7.1 Overview From the beginning, the MOBOTIX camera had been designed to transfer images to the Internet. Therefore, all MOBOTIX cameras are equipped with several auto- Always start from the matic features...

  • Page 125: Backlight Correction

    (from 0 to 100%). • Sharpness: The high image quality of MOBOTIX cameras can also be attrib- uted to the integrated, software-based sharpness filter. It almost fully com-...

  • Page 126: Automatic Exposure Setting Parameters

    1/60 second. For still (non-moving) objects, a maximum exposure time of 1 second makes sense (64 times higher amount of light as compared to 1/60 second). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 127: Exposure Windows

    5.7.6 Exposure Windows The concept of exposure windows is one of the most use- ful features of your MOBOTIX camera. This concept allows determining the correct exposure not only by evaluating the entire image area but by using special measurement windows that can be configured individually.

  • Page 128: Setting The Exposure Windows

    Setting the weighting to Total (factory default) will use the whole image area for white balance, thus ignoring the exposure windows. This setting is useful if the exposure windows are to be used only for automatic exposure. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 129 You may set different exposure windows for every zoom level. You could, for example, use the Right exposure window for 1x Zoom and the Spot exposure window for 4x Zoom. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 130: Custom Exposure Windows (Extra)

    Exposure Window Definitions field. Clicking on the Set button will activate the new exposure window in the live image. Yellow frame: Define measurement window using Shift-click, click © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 131: Exclusion Windows

    # Next, define the exclusion window within the exposure window 0,800,700,50,50 ,out Note Lines starting with a # are indicating a comment and may be included in the Exposure Window Definitions field for documentation purposes. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 132: Day & Night Modes

    /288 5.8 Day & Night Modes 5.8.1 Overview The MOBOTIX Day/Night camera models are equipped with one color and one B/ Kameramodell W image sensor. Depending on the illumination of the scene, the camera uses either the color image sensor with daylight lens or the B/W image sensor with IR- sensitive lens to record the images.

  • Page 133: Reduction Of Dark Noise

    On , dark images are further improved. This may, however, result in increased image noise. It is recommended that you test the Night Improve and Dark Noise Suppress features using different parameters under real conditions. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 134: Managing Settings

    5.9 Managing Settings 5.9.1 Overview All settings of the MOBOTIX camera are stored in the configuration file. Using the options under Admin Menu > Configuration, you can manage these configuration settings. For example, you can edit the configuration file, save it on your local com-...
  • Page 135 • Edit: Allows editing the current configuration file directly in the browser. Only for experts! • Manage: Allows automatically transferring the configuration settings from one MOBOTIX camera to several other cameras at the same time. Managing camera configurations Warning: Only change your configuration file if you know what you are doing. Inva-...

  • Page 136: Loading Configuration Files

    If you have not protected the Security (users/passwords) section before merging the configuration, the MOBOTIX camera to which the configuration file is uploaded will be assigned the same user names and passwords as the MOBOTIX camera from which the configuration file has originated. Passwords are saved encrypted in the configuration file, so you need to make extra sure that you know the pass- words.

  • Page 137: Copying Configuration Files To Other Cameras

    /288 5.9.4 Copying Configuration Files to Other Cameras Admin Menu > Manage allows copying the configuration file of your MOBOTIX camera to one or several other cameras at the same time ( Copy configuration to the selected cameras ), provided that the other cameras are listed on this page ( Search for new cameras on the subnet ;...

  • Page 138: Software Updates

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 SOFTWARE UPDATES 6.1 Overview A web browser is the only tool required to update the software of a MOBOTIX Software updates are camera and to make the latest features available. To update the camera software, free you can either use an Ethernet or an ISDN connection.

  • Page 139: Updating The Camera Software

    The status information of the upload process is displayed in a popup window of the browser (see figure). Wait until the camera software prompts you for further actions. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 140 Make sure that you restore the browser settings for caching and the proxy server once you have successfully updated the camera soft- ware. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 141: Update Checklist

    Did you update the configuration file? Did you protect all relevant sections? ❑ Did you restore the browser cache and proxy settings? ❑ Did you reactivate the popup blockers? © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 142: Events, Actions And Messages

    Overview This chapter covers the MOBOTIX camera's integrated sensors and the camera's ability to detect events and to carry out actions. MOBOTIX cameras have set the mark where functionality and flexibility of network cameras are concerned. When used in security applications, MOBOTIX cameras create dependable yet inexpen- sive solutions that could not have been implemented (let alone financed) without them.
  • Page 143 Actions and Messages: Reacting Flexibly to Events If the MOBOTIX camera detects an event, it can execute actions and send mes- sages. In order to react differently when detecting different events, you can set sev- Phone call in case of an eral message paths for the camera, for instance.

  • Page 144: Functional Overview

    /288 7.2 Functional Overview MOBOTIX cameras are unique in their ability to execute actions or to send mes- sages once they are detecting events from one of their integrated sensors. When detecting movements in the image, for example, the camera software can start...

  • Page 145: General Procedure

    (events). Actions and messages are to be configured as described in section 7.7, Actions and Messages, Action and Mes- sage Profiles . © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 146: Screen Display Of Event Settings In Live Image

    The camera archives de- By factory default, the recorded images are stored in the internal tected events in its inter- image storage of the MOBOTIX camera. For additional information on nal image storage this topic, see chapter 8, Recording .
  • Page 147 If the camera's arming has been deactivated in Setup Menu > Gen- eral Event Settings ( Off ), all event, action and recording symbols are missing from the live image. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 148: Arming

    Arming has been Time Tasks. These tasks will be executed, even if the camera is dis- deactivated! armed. The arming status of a MOBOTIX camera can be controlled using the following mechanisms: • Manual arming The camera is either armed ( Enable option) or not ( Off option). These settings work like an On/Off switch.
  • Page 149 This feature allows using a key switch or the main switch of an alarm system to arm one or more MOBOTIX cameras. The signal input may also be used to arm the camera permanently after an alarm button has been pressed (e.g.
  • Page 150 Messaging and Messaging 2). • Arming using custom signals Kameramodell In this case, the arming status of a MOBOTIX camera is controlled using the Arming control using Custom Signals CS1 and CS2 as well as the Logically Combined Signal custom signals (CSL) of a Master camera.
  • Page 151 Requirement: Arming status of the e-mail message feature of The signal input of one MOBOTIX camera at a central location (e.g. reception) Slave cameras is con- has been connected to the key switch of the alarm system. The main arming...
  • Page 152 Slave cameras is always active, if the signal input of the Master camera detects the selected signal and the specified time table of the Slave camera is active. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 153: Events

    Use the More button to show all available events. Most of the events have additional fields that are only displayed if the cor- responding event has been activated. The MOBOTIX camera can detect and react to the...
  • Page 154 IR remote control. The camera will react to any code of the remote control, i.e. pressing one of the keys on any IP remote control will trig- ger an event. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 155 Video motion windows Caution MOBOTIX Dual camera models will also evaluate the video motion windows of the sensor ( Right , Left ) that is currently not shown on the Live screen. In contrast, MOBOTIX Night models (with factory defaults) will only evaluate the video motion windows of the currently active image sen- sor ( Right , Left , or Auto ).
  • Page 156 (Setup Menu > Text and Display Settings > Display Options). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 157 Note: When connecting one of the supported weather stations to the MOBOTIX camera's RS232 interface, you can display the external tempera- ture and other weather data from the weather station in the camera's Live image.
  • Page 158 To trigger an alarm using network messages: RC © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 159 (minimum interval is 1 minute). Open Setup Menu > Event Settings and activate the TT event, then open Admin Menu > Time Task and configure a corresponding Time Task (TT) event . © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 160 (RH): This option will trigger an event if the camera cording mode have been records a history image (e.g. for time-lapse video). activated (see Setup Menu > Recording). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 161: Video Motion Detection

    MOBOTIX camera's Video Motion detection feature. Video motion detection is a with the MOBOTIX Night software feature of the MOBOTIX camera, which evaluates changes in pixel bright- models, when using infra- ness between two succeeding live images of the camera; this will take place up to red lights, for example 30 times per second, depending on the frame rate.
  • Page 162 ( level ). The small vertical line shows the trigger value Area parameter. addi- tional information on Trigger Level this topic, see the fol- lowing section. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 163 ( Image Sensor parameter, see below) if you are using this option. This option should only be activated for MOBOTIX Dual or Night models with identical focal lengths for both image sensors, e.g. a MOBOTIX M12 with D43N43 lenses.
  • Page 164 (0..99%)] The Video Motion Definitions (VM) field contains the corresponding defini- tions. Copying the contents of this field to other MOBOTIX cameras is an easy way of transferring these definitions to other cameras. • Image Sensor: This parameter determines the image sensor on which this VM window is to be used (0 = right camera sensor, 1 = left camera sensor).
  • Page 165 0,358,456,384,110,20,25 Temporarily deactivating Likewise, you can also use the hash sign to temporarily deactivate a video motion windows window definition: VM window top left, deactivated 0,358,456,384,110,20,25 © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 166 If the light is switched on, the brightness changes both within the reference window and the identical video motion window. Subsequently, the reference window will prevent the camera from triggering the VM event. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 167 VM set. In case of an alarm, the MOBOTIX camera would automatically call the alarm center. In addition, the VM2 set would cover the windows of the building by a different set of video motion win- dows.

  • Page 168: Event Filter (Ec Event)

    The event filter can be used, for example, to monitor a conveyor belt in a produc- tion scenario. If the MOBOTIX camera counts fewer objects per minute than required, the camera will trigger the alarm. •...

  • Page 169: Event Logic (El Event)

    Maximum Time Window after an event from Event Set A has occurred, but only if the Minimum Delay has passed between the events from both event sets. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 170 Setup Menu > Event Settings dialog if you intend to use them. If an event is displayed gray and in paren- theses, it has not been activated. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 171: Actions And Messaging, Action And Messaging Profiles

    Use the Setup Menu > Actions, Setup Menu > Messaging and Setup Menu > Kameramodell Messaging 2 dialog to set the desired actions and messages, which the MOBOTIX camera will carry out if it detects an activated event. The MOBOTIX camera can carry out the following actions and messages:...
  • Page 172 Setup Menu > Event Settings dialog if you intend to use them. If an event is displayed gray and in parentheses, it has not been activated. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 173 Chapter 8, Recording , provides more infor- mation on configuring the recording options for video and audio data. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 174: Signal Out (Action So)

    Enhanced Signal Out Options (switching time, dead time, etc.). If you would like to use these features, make sure not to configure the signal output in Setup Menu > Actions, but in Enhanced Signal Out Options. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 175: File Transfer (Action Ft)

    For additional information on con- figuring FTP profiles, see section 7.8.2, FTP Profiles . Choose from different file formats (image or clip files) © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 176: Visual Alarm (Action Va)

    Kameramodell 7.7.3 Visual Alarm (Action VA) The MOBOTIX camera can highlight the live image if an event occurs. You can define the type (Visual Effect), the Color and the Duration of this action. The visual effect can be set to one of the following options: Bars Left/Right , Bars Top/Bottom , Outline Frame , Outline Frame Bold , Little Ball and Alarm Lamp .

  • Page 177: E-Mail Action (Message Em)

    This message action can send TCP/IP network messages when trig- gered by an event. The recipients can be other network devices (e.g. other MOBOTIX cameras or PCs) anywhere on the LAN or the Inter- net. The recipient has to run a program, which can receive, acknowledge and process the network message (e.g.

  • Page 178: Working With Profiles

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 7.8 Working with Profiles 7.8.1 Overview Several configuration dialogs of the MOBOTIX camera are based on profiles. A Profiles are grouping con- profile collects all configuration settings (e.g. for sending an e-mail) under one figuration parameters descriptive name for further use.

  • Page 179: Ftp Profiles

    FTP server. The File Transfer Protocol is commonly used by webcams to update images and other data on web servers. Choose from different file formats (image or clip files) © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 180 (clip frame rate as well as the time before and after the event you would like to include in the clip). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 181 Use the Test Current Note Network Configuration dialog to test the FTP Open Admin Menu > Test Current Network Configuration to test the profiles FTP profiles one by one. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 182: E-Mail Profiles

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 7.8.3 E-Mail (EM) Profiles Admin Menu > E-Mail Profiles contains all parameters that are used by the MOBOTIX camera for sending e-mails containing image and text information. Authentication Method: - none - SMTP login...
  • Page 183 This section allows setting authentication data, SMTP server and POP3 server information if they are different from those specified in the Global Options section at the top of the dialog. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 184 Use the Test Current Note Network Configuration Open Admin Menu > Test Current Network Configuration to test the dialog to test the e-mail e-mail profiles one by one. profiles © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 185: Phone Profiles

    (if activated). Note Phone profiles created using the Quick Installation wizard are also listed in this dialog. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 186 Set the maximum duration of a phone call using this parameter. It is only available if After the message has been sent has been set to Speak , Listen or Intercom . © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 187 For additional information on this topic, see sec- tion 7.9, Time Tasks . Note Open Admin Menu > Phone Profiles to test the phone profiles one by one. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 188: Ip Notify Profiles

    (IP) messages. Network messages can be sent from one MOBOTIX IP Notify (network) camera to trigger or to arm another MOBOTIX camera, they can send images via messages allow MOBOTIX the network to a specific port of the receiving computer (using its IP address or DNS cameras to exchange name) or they can be used for remote-controlling MxViewer.
  • Page 189 - System Messages : Sends the messages listed in Admin Menu > System Messages. • Send Port: Sets the port for sending the network message (the default port 0 sets the send port automatically). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 190 Network Configuration Open Admin Menu > Test Current Network Configuration to test the dialog to test the IP No- IP Notify profiles one by one. tify profiles © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 191: Time Tables

    After changing the custom days, remember to click on the Set button as this will add the changed custom days to the time selector list of the time table profiles. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 192 If the first time range has been set to On , all undefined times have the status off. • If the first time range has been set to Off , all undefined times have the status on. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 193 Kameramodell message profile. • Enhanced Signal Out Options: Controls the arming status of the signal output. Admin Menu: Kameramodell • Logo Profiles: Automatic display of logos. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 194: Image Profiles

    The Admin Menu > Image Profiles dialog allows defining individual images with Custom image sizes using specific properties. The MOBOTIX camera could update mega pixel images image profiles (e.g. (1280x960 pixels) on a web server using a corresponding profile, although the Live SKYLINE) screen only shows VGA images (640x480), for instance.
  • Page 195 Click on Close to close this window and to store the configuration in the permanent flash memory so that the settings are available after the next reboot. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 196 Clicking on the link at the bottom of each profile will open a new window with the resulting image. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 197: Logo Profiles

    Note The MOBOTIX camera can automatically load graphics files and logos from a web or FTP server as configured in Admin Menu > Manage Graphics Files. For additional information on this topic, see section 5.6.2, Manage Image Files .
  • Page 198 - Positioning Mode Frame : Uses the logo as a frame, where the horizontal frame width and the vertical frame height are set using the X/Y Border parameters. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 199 HTTP API commands ( Image Link Logo parameter). Furthermore, logo profiles can be used by image profiles to simultaneously display one or more logo profiles in the camera image, (see section 7.8.7, Image Profiles ). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 200: Time Tasks

    7.9 Time Tasks 7.9.1 Overview The time task feature of the MOBOTIX camera allows executing specific tasks at precise points in time—down to the minute. The tasks comprise FTP file trans- fers, sending e-mails, phone calls, network messages, playing back sound files, executing administrative tasks (rebooting the camera, loading configuration set- tings) as well as the scheduled triggering of events.
  • Page 201 ISDN or IP telephony (SIP), for example (see also chapter 9, Telephony Functions ). If the list does not contain a phone profile, create a profile Admin Menu > Phone Profiles. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 202 */10 7-15 The task is executed every 10 minutes between 7 am and 3:50 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June to September. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 203 July to September. Note that the smaller numeric value always comes first. The entry "22-5" pro- vokes an error. Instead, enter the range as "22-23, 0-5". © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 204: Scheduled Tasks Using The Time Task Event (Tt)

    (Setup Menu > Recording). send an e-mail You could use this feature to have the MOBOTIX camera send you an e-mail with its status information five times a day to check on the camera's status, for example. Another example: The camera could remove the lock from a door every morning at 8 am by switching its signal input.
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  • Page 206: Recording

    The multitude of recording features of MOBOTIX network cameras quite impres- sively demonstrates the state of the art of image processing and image storage. At the same time, its vast features and the flexible design allow MOBOTIX cameras to fulfill very diverse and demanding requirements—at a competitive price, compared to other products.
  • Page 207 Vacation times and holidays can also be integrated into the time tables. By the way, precision is another strong point of the MOBOTIX cameras. The build-in time synchronization feature automatically adjusts the camera time with public or local time servers.
  • Page 208 Playback: Via the Cameras or Directly Once the video data has been recorded, it can be played back using the MOBOTIX camera's integrated Player. When playing back the events, you can choose to only Video playback using...
  • Page 209 Be it for a web site or for documenting the progress of a construction site in addi- tion to its security tasks, the MOBOTIX camera can automatically store history im- ages at certain intervals or at specific points in time. Downloading these images will automatically include an HTML player to immediately view the downloaded im- ages.

  • Page 210: Recording Modes

    Arm the camera! Note Inexperienced users should start using the preset Snap Shot Record- ing to get experience with the MOBOTIX camera's recording features. General procedure Follow this procedure to properly configure recording: 1) Activate the Arm Recording parameter.

  • Page 211: General Settings Of The Recording Modes

    Note Make sure that MxPEG has been activated in Setup Menu > JPEG Settings. This will ensure that the MOBOTIX camera uses the highest possible frame rate (see also section 4.10, Fast Video Streaming ). 8.2.2 General Settings of the Recording Modes •...

  • Page 212: Settings Of Snap Shot Recording

    50 after the actual event (Basic/Web models: 3, IT models 10 images before alarm images Kameramodell and after the event). Use the MOBOTIX camera's Player screen to view the JPEG images; they can also be opened using any graphics or image viewer application. Settings Setup Menu >...
  • Page 213 Note that you cannot view packed JPG images using standard graphics or image viewer applications; likewise, the MOBOTIX camera's Player cannot display packed images. The Pack Event Story setting is mostly used by ap- plications, which have been designed for this special purpose.

  • Page 214: Settings Of Event Recording

    • Audio: If Record Audio Data has been set to Include Audio, the video clip Realtime will include the sound from the camera microphone. audio recording © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 215 • MxPEG clip files with the video and audio information are stored (Mnnnnn.jpg, with 10 seconds max. recording time each). • The camera triggers the Recording End (RE) event. • This completes the recording sequence. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 216: Settings Of Continuous Recording

    • Frame rate: Continuous Recording Frame Rate controls the frame rate when no events are detected. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 217 Start Recording g g g occurs. The Recording End (RE) event will be triggered if recording with increased Event Frame Rate switches back to the Continuous Recording frame rate. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 218: Settings Of History Recording

    Image and Logo Profiles to control the image and logo parameters, respectively. For more information, see section 7.8.7, Image Profiles , and section 7.8.8, Logo Profiles . © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
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  • Page 220: Recording Types

    8.3 Recording Types 8.3.1 Recording in the MOBOTIX Camera When storing the recorded video in the internal ring buffer, the MOBOTIX camera can be used as stand-alone system. Recording requires neither extra storage me- dia nor data cabling. As per factory default, this recording mode has already been activated.

  • Page 221: Recording On External File Servers

    For larger systems, you should consider reliable quality server hardware. MXNFS Server is a CD-based operating system by MOBOTIX, which converts a standard PC into a Linux file server in a couple of minutes. The cameras can use this server as external ring buffer storage.

  • Page 222: Recording On A Windows Computer

    10.1.0.100 ). You can also use the DNS name of the computer, if this name has been registered within the local network. (Caution: The DNS name does not have to match the Netbios name of the Windows computer!). © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 223 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 Notes The MOBOTIX cameras use local accounts on the Windows computer. Domain or Active Directory logins are not supported..Windows Professional operating systems limit the number of cameras recording on one PC to a maximum of eight cameras (max. eight si- multaneous TCP/IP connections).
  • Page 224 Enter the maximum size (MB) the camera will use on the Win- dows computer in this field. The factory default setting is 512 MB . When reaching the maximum storage size, the MOBOTIX camera will auto- matically delete the oldest files. Caution: The setting Unlimited will create an error once the storage capacity has been reached.
  • Page 225 Management > Computer Management > Local Us- ers and Groups). - Select the User item in the left panel. - Click on Action > New User. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 226 - Close the dialog by clicking on OK. • Step 4: Create a new folder with a name of your choice (e.g. mxdata). Rename "New Folder" to "mxdata", for example © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 227 Full Control Activate permissions (Full option in the Allow col- control, Change, Read) umn. • Step 9: Close all dialogs by clicking on OK. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 228: Recording On A Linux/Unix Computer

    Note that this procedure requires some knowledge of Linux/UNIX operating sys- tems. • External File Server: Activate the NFS option if you intend to use a Linux/ UNIX computer as external storage. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 229 Interface. • Directory: Enter the name of the directory (on the Linux/UNIX computer) in this field, which should be used by the MOBOTIX camera for recording. • Netbios name, User name, Password: These settings are only required when recording on Windows or Mac OS X computers using SMB.
  • Page 230 (WebServerMessages.log; Admin Menu > Web Server Logfile) and the system messages (SystemMessages.log; Admin Menu > System messages) at regular intervals on the Linux/UNIX computer. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 231 This completes the configuration of the Linux/UNIX server. Note MXNFS Server is a CD-based operating system by MOBOTIX, which converts a standard PC into a Linux file server in a couple of minutes. The cameras can use this server as exter- nal ring buffer storage.

  • Page 232: Recording On A Mac Os X Computer

    All required parameters for setting up the camera to record on a Mac OS X computer with activated Windows Sharing are part of the Admin Menu > Event Storage dialog. The configuration of the MOBOTIX camera is not Set the Windows configu- ration options on the cam- any different from the procedure described in section 8.3.3, Recording on a Win-...
  • Page 233 (e.g. mcserver). To find the computer name of the Mac SharePoints OS X computer, open System Properties > Sharing. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 234 • Enter a Share Name • Make sure that the correct owner and group have been set in Show File System Properties (mxcam in this case). Configure Share! © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 235 Mac OS X 10.3 or higher. Using SharePoints (www.hornware.com) for managing the shares is not required, but this application will greatly facilitate setting up the shares. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 236: Notes On The Storage Folder Structure

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 8.3.6 Notes on the Storage Folder Structure The MOBOTIX camera will automatically create a folder structure based on its fac- tory IP address and the event number. Click the Player button again to get information...
  • Page 237 MO- BOTIX camera will not access the image and video files at the same time. For example, the MOBOTIX camera cannot delete a file or a folder if this file or folder has been opened by another application.

  • Page 238: Telephony Features

    SIP telephony using SIP provider In case of an alarm, for instance, the MOBOTIX camera can call you on the phone and can play back a voice message. Afterwards, you can listen to what the cam- era microphone is "hearing", make an announcement over the camera's built-in speaker or use the camera as an intercom system.
  • Page 239 (XLite/Eyebeam, WenGo, etc.) and video phones. Additional Information If you would like to call your MOBOTIX camera without much further ado, read section 9.3, Camera Phone (Listen, Speak and Intercom Modes) . Use the following dialogs to configure the features for ISDN and IP telephony: •...

  • Page 240: Voip Settings For Ip Telephony

    9.2 VoIP Settings for IP Telephony If you would like to use an In order to use IP telephony, the MOBOTIX camera has to be connected to a LAN or ISDN phone connection, a DSL router with an Internet connection. In addition, the camera needs to be prop- you can skip section 9.2...
  • Page 241 • Registration Password: Enter the correct password for the Registration User Name. • Use as Outbound Proxy: If this option is enabled, the MOBOTIX camera uses the registration server as default SIP proxy for all outgoing SIP con- nections. This parameter should be enabled.
  • Page 242 SIP devices will use the SIP protocol to agree on a codec to use for encoding and decoding the audio data. If possible, you should use the factory default settings of the MOBOTIX camera. Three codecs:...

  • Page 243: Camera Phone (Listen, Speak And Intercom Modes)

    By factory default, you can easily establish an ISDN connection to the camera (e.g. for testing purposes) in the Camera Phone dialog. This does not require any further configuration of the camera. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 244: Phone Profiles: Outbound Phone Calls

    Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 9.4 Phone Profiles: Outbound Phone Calls The MOBOTIX camera uses the information stored in the profiles of the Admin Make sure that VoIP Menu > Phone Profiles dialog to place outbound (voice) phone calls. The phone...
  • Page 245 PIN as you enter the PIN number of the calling MOBOTIX camera. Make sure that the SIP will not be able to enter provider also supports DTMF tone dialing.
  • Page 246 After this time has passed, the camera will automatically drop the available if After the connection. message has been sent has been set to either Speak , Listen or Intercom © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 247: Phone Call-In: Inbound Phone Calls

    Configuration • Phone Call-In: This parameter serves as a main switch and instructs the MOBOTIX camera how to handle inbound phone calls ( Disable , ISDN only , VoIP only , ISDN and VoIP ). • Camera MSN: The Camera MSN (Multiple Subscriber Number) allows identifying the caller when calling via an ISDN connection.
  • Page 248 (DTMF), as it is otherwise impossible activating the PIN as you will not be able to enter to enter the PIN number of the calling MOBOTIX camera. Make sure that the the PIN otherwise! SIP provider also supports DTMF tone dialing.
  • Page 249 9.6, Remotely Controlling the Camera Using a Phone. Security Recommendations If you have activated Phone Call-In, you can call the MOBOTIX camera from any Protect the camera from phone. To avoid unauthorized access to the camera, it is recommended to restrict...

  • Page 250: Remotely Controlling The Camera Using A Phone

    /288 9.6 Remotely Controlling the Camera Using a Phone While calling the MOBOTIX camera on the phone, you can execute remote-control functions using the phone's touchtone keys. For example, pressing the correspond- ing phone key will prompt the camera from any phone to announce certain infor- mation, to change its arming status, to trigger an event, to send an e-mail, to change the audio mode or the status of the signal output—regardless of whether...
  • Page 251 Internet using ISDN or to drop an existing ISDN data connection. If the connection has been established successfully, the MOBOTIX camera announces its IP address. You can then access the camera via Internet by entering this IP address in a browser window.
  • Page 252 • Announcement of the camera after pressing "8": 8 ... Speak only • Announcement of the camera after pressing "#": © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 253 • Announcement of the camera after pressing "#": For more information on this topic, see the Signal Output topic in the camera help and the reference manual. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 254: Sample Configurations For Ip Telephony Via Internet

    9.7 Sample Configurations for IP Telephony via Internet 9.7.1 Overview Configuring devices for IP telephony (MOBOTIX camera, IP phone, softphone) means making only a few basic changes to the devices and in the software (mainly entering network and user settings). Once these parameters have been set, the devices can establish VoIP connections just like regular telephones.

  • Page 255: Configuring A Mobotix Camera

    • Network Mask: 192.168.0.254 (gateway of your network) • Gateway: 192.168.0.254 (DNS server of your network) • DNS Servers: Configure the network interface of the MOBOTIX camera © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 256 Note Note that only one SIP device should use one specific SIP account. If you would like to use a MOBOTIX camera, an IP phone and a soft- phone on the same network, you should register three different SIP users, i.e. you should create three different SIP accounts. Some SIP pro- viders actually allow using several devices with the same accounts information in parallel (e.g.
  • Page 257 • Phone Call-In: VoIP only Standard (or another previously recorded voice • Welcome Message: message) • Audio Mode: Intercom Configure Phone Call-In (voice) connections to the camera © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 258 IP phone and a softphone. Once the IP phone and the softphone have been set up properly, you can test the phone profile of the MOBOTIX camera using the Test button. Next, you can assign this profile to a certain event (Setup Menu >...

  • Page 259: Setting Up An Ip Phone

    • Net mask: 192.168.0.254 (gateway of your network) • IP Gateway: 194.25.2.129 (or a different DNS server) • DNS Server 1: Set up Snom IP phone © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 260 • Outbound Proxy: sipgate.com Entry Page: • Outgoing Identity: ...@sipgate.com The IP phone can now be reached using the phone number SIP address assigned by your SIP provider. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 261: Setting Up A Softphone

    Preferences > System Settings > Network: • Primary STUN Server: e.g. stun.sipgate.com The softphone can now be reached using the phone number SIP address assigned by your SIP provider. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 262: Sample Configurations For Ip Telephony Via Lan

    9.8 Sample Configurations for IP Telephony via LAN 9.8.1 Overview Configuring devices for IP telephony on the LAN (MOBOTIX camera, IP phone, softphone) means making only a few basic changes to the devices and in the software (mainly entering network and user settings). Once these parameters have been set, the devices can establish phone connections using their SIP addresses.

  • Page 263: Configuring A Mobotix Camera

    • BOOTP/DHCP: mxcam (freely definable) • Camera Name: 10.1.0.99 (IP address of your MOBOTIX camera) • IP Address: 255.0.0.0 • Network Mask: 10.0.0.1 (optional) • Gateway: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 264 (freely definable) • User Name: 10.1.0.99 (IP address of your MOBOTIX camera) • SIP Domain: The MOBOTIX camera can now be reached using the SIP address mxcam@10.1.0.99. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 265 Configure Phone Call-In so you can call the camera (Admin Menu > Phone Call- In). • Phone Call-In: VoIP only • Welcome Message: Standard (or another previously recorded voice message) • Audio Mode: Intercom © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 266 IP phone and a softphone. Once the IP phone and the softphone have been set up properly, you can test the phone profile of the MOBOTIX camera using the Test button. Next, you can assign this profile to a certain event (Setup Menu >...

  • Page 267: Setting Up An Ip Phone

    Enhanced Settings: • DHCP: Not all SIP phones • IP Address: 10.0.20.50 support direct LAN 255.0.0.0 • Net mask: connections! 10.0.0.1 (optional) • IP Gateway: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 268 • Account Name: ipphone • Registrar: 10.0.20.50 Entry Page: • Outgoing Identity: ipphone@10.0.20.50 The IP phone can now be reached on the LAN using the SIP address ipphone@10.0.20.50. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 269: Setting Up A Softphone

    PC. If you are specifying a gate- way and a DNS server, these addresses should also match the settings on your PC. softphone reached using address softphone@10.0.0.100. © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 270: Video Telephony

    (e.g. 126 kbps upstream). With the current production software, the MOBOTIX M22, M12 and D12 cameras (IT and Secure models) support video telephony. Older cameras of these models will support video telephony when loading the free software update.

  • Page 271: Remotely Controlling The Camera Using A Softphone

    Switch signal output 2 off (9), e.g. to switch off the lights MOBOTIX M22 or M12 (IT or Secure model) is required Displayed legend for re- mote-controlling the cam- era using the softphone keys © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 272: Video Telephony Example: Intercom System

    Cost-efficient: Intercom 9.9.3 Video Telephony Example: Intercom System system using Video SIP The video telephony features allow using the MOBOTIX cameras as reasonably priced video intercom systems, for example. • When pressing the door bell, which is connected to the camera's signal input, the MOBOTIX camera will trigger an event.
  • Page 273 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 Possibilities of SIP con- nections © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...

  • Page 274: Configuring A Mobotix Camera For Video Telephony

    • Video Settings: Make sure that the transmission of video signals has been activated (Admin Menu > VoIP Settings). • Deactivate the PIN in Admin Menu > Phone Call-In, if the MOBOTIX camera should automatically accept the inbound call from the softphone. The cam- era will thus start sending the video stream to the softphone once the con- nection has been established.

  • Page 275: Configuring A Softphone For Video Telephony

    (see sections 9.7.4 and 9.8.4). You should, however, verify that the following (default) settings of the softphone have been set: • Audio Codecs: Make sure that the audio codecs supported by the MOBOTIX camera have been enabled: G711 aLaw, G711 uLaw and GSM.

  • Page 276: Index

    Calling using slave mode camera Audio and MxPEG Camera background information configuration file configuration overview configuring © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 277 Color settings Colored softbuttons Creating COM In / RS232 (CI) event customized screens explained passwords signal and exposure events user groups users © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 278 Elements displayed in the Live image22 signal input (SI) event Enhanced events temperature (TP) event EC, event filter, event counter time task (TT) event EL, event logic time tasks in detail © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 279 Image profiles Features, Software explained File transfer (FT) action Image quality and compression format explained First image Image search in MxViewer Image size in the browser © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 280 JScript, operating mode example: with master/slave arming example: with one key switch Language MEGA resolution configuring Menus Language and Entry Page Admin Menu dialog Setup Menu © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 281 MxPEG on, softbutton accessing MxPEG video clips Camera Information MxViewer controls defining video sources Event List button for fast video streaming Live button getting the first image © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 282 RB, recording begin outbound phone calls RE, recording end overview RH, history recording phone (CL) profiles RT, recording terminate time tables Recording formats JPEG MxPEG Recording mode Continuous © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 283 Linux/UNIX, camera RS232 / COM In (CI) event settings explained recording on Linux/UNIX, server signal and exposure events settings recording on Mac OS X, camera settings © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 284 Storage location Softbuttons recording, internal and external 204 Admin Menu Supervisor Arm & Record activating Audio on Switch Lens button, PDA screen Center Pan Symbols colored action © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 285 Working with Profiles user events explained User Click button, PDA screen User events Zoom buttons BT, camera buttons 1x Zoom IR, remote control 2x Zoom overview © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 286 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 4x Zoom Zoom Control, Quick Control Zoom softbuttons NUMBERS 1x Zoom 2x Zoom 4x Zoom © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 287 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 Notes: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 288 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 Notes: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 289 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 Notes: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
  • Page 290 Software Camera Manual Part 2 /288 Notes: © MOBOTIX AG • Security-Vision-Systems • Made in Germany www.mobotix.com • sales@mobotix.com • 10.10.2006...
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