CONTENTS Chapter I. 3.4. Using Mobile APP 1.1. Read Before Use 3.5. Using VMS 1.2. Physical Description Chapter 4. 1.3. Safety Instructions 4.1. Main Page 1.4. Package Contents 4.2. Client Settings 1.5. Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter 5. Chapter 2. 5.1. System Setup 2.1.
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CONTENTS Chapter 6. 6.1. URL Commands 6.2. Technical Specifications 6.3. Onvif Supports List 6.4. Liability 6.5. Copyright w w w . s m a x . c o m . t w...
Chapter I. 1.1. Read Before Use This network camera is a professional equipment for surveillance purpose. Please comply with each national laws to prevent from any relevant privacy violations before use. In order to operate this network camera, it require a basic knowledge of network structure.
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It can also attach with other type of lens that meet the CS mount standard. GB1 accepts both POE or DC 12V as power supply. Please noted that the DC 12V adapter is an extra accessory which does not include in this package.
Chapter I. Digital Input 1.2. Physical Description Notes Specifications Trigger is “Off”, DO connect to GND Max load: 1.2.2. Trigger is “On”, DO is floating 30mA,30VDC Digital Input (DI) & Digital Output (D0) Item Description RS485- CAMERA RS485+ Power Trigger DI 1 DI 2 Digital Output...
Chapter I. 1.3. Safety Instructions Please carefully read through below safety instruction to prevent any damage of camera and person or any reason that will cause the invalid of the warranty. Network camera is a highly delicate electronic equipment. Please do not stumble or falling from high. It will cause damage to the camera.
Chapter I. 1.4. Package Contents Description Network Camera Lens Bracket Tools package (Screw Kit…etc.) Network Camera A. Software: SMAX Finder x 1 SMAX VMS64 x 1 B. Doc: Datasheet, Lens User Manual, Quick Installation Guide w w w . s m a x . c o m . t w P 05...
Chapter I. 1.5. EMC(Electromagnetic Compatibility) FCC Statement This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. (1.) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2.)This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Chapter 2. 2.1. Installation Setup 3. Setup 6. Please attach the bracket to the Please fix the camera on the wall or camera and adjust viewing angle and ceiling with the bracket. Please follow below instructions to setup focus as your desire. your network camera.
Chapter 2. Network Camera 2.2. SMAX Finder Installation IP address: 192.168.1.99 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Basic structure of a network camera setting is as Gateway: 192.168.1.1 shown on the right picture: (In a normal application, it only needs to be within a 4+2 ports PoE Switch local LAN structure to meet the SMB surveillance...
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Chapter 2. 2.3. Prepare to Access Access procedure: When link from SMAX Finder to the camera’s web UI access page, please enter default username and password (ID: admin / PW: admin) for further access. When first connect to a SMAX camera, it needs to install some plugin to your computer.
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Chapter 3. 3.1. Network Environment Setting Internet 網際網路 SMAX camera supports both intranet and internet structure. Hereby to supply different ways of network setting when SMAX camera is under internet environment structure. Network Camera xDSL Modem A. True IP address setting 4+2 ports Transfer from UPnP router PoE Switch...
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Chapter 3. 3.1. Network Environment Setting A. True IP address setting Please run the SMAX Finder and search for the camera within local LAN. Select the camera for internet setting and click Change IP button. Select static mode and enter your true IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, and the username and password of the camera.
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Chapter 3. 3.1. Network Environment Setting A. Transfer from UPnP router Please access to the camera’s web UI page and select Configuration button. Select Network button. Please assign a static IP address of your local network. And enter your gateway address and DNS numbers of your router.
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Chapter 3. 3.1. Network Environment Setting A. PPPoE connection setting Please access to the camera’s web UI page and select Configuration button. Select Network button. Please select PPPoE and enter your username and password. Then press Apply button to finish setting. Notification:...
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Chapter 3. SMAX Network Camera connection: SMAX network camera supports multiple connections for accessing. Includes multiple browsers connection, video player connection that supports RTSP, SmaxViewer APP connection, or SMAX VMS or CMS software to access. Each connection fulfill different surveillance application for different purpose.
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Chapter 3. 3.3. Accessing via RTSP Player SMAX network camera supports accessing via RTSP player. Below using VLC player as a reference instruction: Please run the VLC player and select Media(M) button. Then select Open network stream(N). It will pop out the setting window.
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Chapter 3. 3.4. Accessing via Mobile APP SMAX network camera supports accessing via mobile APP with both iOS and Android system. Below using iPad mini as a reference instruction: Please download SmaxViewer from the APP store to your iPhone or iPad device. Please run the SmaxViewer APP and press + button.
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Chapter 3. Setup 3. Setup 4. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS Please select Setup.exe from the SMAX VMS folder of CD content. Follow installation procedure and setting. Then you can run the SMAX VMS software to use. 3.5.1. SMAX VMS Installation procedure: Setup 1.
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Chapter 3. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS Start to use your SMAX VMS software by clicking the shortcut from your desktop after installation is complete. 3.5.1. SMAX VMS adding camera procedure: Run the SMAX VMS software and enter the Username and Password.
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Chapter 3. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS Please select Add Camera button to you adding page. There are two ways of adding new camera. One is search the camera within local LAN. Press Search button so the VNS will automatically search all SMAX camera within local LAN.
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Chapter 3. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS After search sever process, you may see the further detail setting if VMS is able link to your network camera. Please select all possible function that you wish to enable, such as Audio, Recording, PTZ and Operate camera.
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Chapter 3. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS Press Confirm button at last and it will pop out the confirmation windows. Press Yes to store and finish your setting. After above procedures, you should be able to watch all live video from the live view page of VMS.
Chapter 4. 4.1. Home page You can access SMAX network camera via web browser to monitor live view, manage setting, SD card recording…etc. There is a complete introduction procedure of all function in the following chapter four and five. Homepage function list: Live view screen Select stream format Digital output on/off switch...
Chapter 4. 4.2. Client Settings 4.2.1. Protocol option This setting is to define your protocol option. Default set as RTSP/RTP over TCP. This protocol make sure that all image data must be transferred. But if you choose the image quality comes first, then you can change to RTSP/RTP over UDP.
Chapter 5. 5.1. Configuration Settings In the menu of configuration, it includes all operating function for settings, maintenance, log and device information…etc. Configuration menu as shown below: 1) System 2) Security 3) Network 4) IP Filter 5) Video 6) Audio 7) Motion Detection 8) Privacy Mask 9) PTZ Control...
Chapter 5. 5.1. Configuration Settings 5.1.1. System This system page display your network camera’s Host Name, LED Indicator ON/OFF Switch and set the Date and Time. Date and Time Setting procedure : Select your network camera’s Time Zone and enable Daylight Saving if needs to.
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Chapter 5. 5.1. Configuration Settings 5.1.2. Security Select Security button under the Configuration menu. It will goes to setting page. This function is to manage the user of this camera by setting Administrator and Account List. Administrator Setting Procedure : Please enter a new Password and Retype Password.
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Chapter 5. 5.1.2. Security Account List Setting Procedure : Please enter Username, Password, Retype Password. Notification: Username can be a composition of English letters and Arabic numerals. But the length must kept between 1~32 characters. No special character allow. And please keep notice between capital and lowercase English letters.
Chapter 5. 5.2. Network Settings Default network setting of camera is set as LAN type, DHCP IPv4/IPv6 and Enable UPnP Discovery. Which means when this network camera set in a local LAN network environment, it will get a dynamic IP from DHCP server each time when camera turns on.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.1.1. Intranet Static IPv4/IPv6 Setting Static IPv4 Setting Procedure : Select Static IPv4/IPv6 under Network Type column. Please enter IP Address (IPv4), Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS and Secondary DNS information. Press Apply to complete setting. Notification: For static IP setting, please refer to the picture as shown on bottom right.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.1.2. Internet Static IPv4/IPv6 Setting Static IPv4 Setting Procedure : Select Static IPv4/IPv6 under Network Type column. Please enter IP Address (IPv4), Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS and Secondary DNS information. Press Apply to complete setting. Notification: Please contact your ISP service vender for further interne static IP setting.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.1.3. PPPoE Setting PPPoE Setting Procedure : Select PPPoE under Network Type column. Please enter Username and Password. Press Apply to complete setting. Notification: PPPoE is a type that supports xDSL network connection. Please contact your ISP service vender for the username and password.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2. Advanced Network Setting Advanced network setting includes Multicast, Bonjour, Qos, DDNS, HTTPS function setting. 5.2.2.1. HTTPS Setting HTTPS Setting Procedure: Select Advanced page under Network page. Select Enable HTTPS. Default HTTPS Port set as 443. Press Apply to complete setting. w w w .
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2.2. DDNS Setting DDNS setting must first get a DDNS address from a DDNS service website. That DDNS service website should provide you the Host Name, and let you do the setting on Username and Password. Notification: SMAX network camera provides three DDNS service website: DynDNS.org、TZO.com and No-ip.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2.3. Multicast Setting Multicast Description: A normal connection between computer to network camera is a single point delivery. Which means sending a stream packet from camera to one computer only. For a multicast function is to send the stream data to one point, but you can set multiple computer as this point recipient.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2.4. QoS Setting Via QoS setting, it can ensure the video image and audio stream comes first in bandwidth. So the transfer stability will not effected by other network transmit packets. QoS Setting Procedure: Select Advanced page under Network page. Select Enable QoS.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2.5. Bonjour Setting Bonjour is called as a Zero-configuration networking, which it can automatically find the device within local LAN network. Bonjour is a standardize protocol that allows for each device to find each other without a IP address or DNS server.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.3. IP Filter Smax network camera has an IP Filter function. It can manage to set a white list for Accepted IP list or black list for Deny IP list. We suggest to use one rule only to keep hte connecting performance.
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Chapter 5. 5.3. Video & Audio Setting This chapter includes all video setting, image adjusting, and two ways audio setting. Please kindly follow below chapter instruction to set the video setting accordingly.。 5.3.1. Video Setting 5.3.1.1. Main Stream Setting Main Stream Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.1. Main Stream Setting Rate Control Setting Description: For a network camera only environment, we suggest to set the Video quality as Normal. If your surveillance environment is equip with NVR or NAS server for recording purpose, we suggest to set a constant Bitrate numbers.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.1. Main Stream Setting Main Stream and Storage Calculation: The best to set a constant Bitrate numbers is for easier calculation of recording storage space. Calculation of storage space as below for each network camera records for one hour. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitrate(kbps) / 8 x 60(sec.) x 60(min.) / 1000 / 1000 = The storage space for each hour(GB)
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.2. Secondary Stream(MJPEG) Setting Secondary Stream(MJPEG) Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Video Setting page and select Enable under MJPEG column. Define your Video Resolution. There are three resolutions to choose from 720x480(Full D1), 640x480(VGA) and 320x240(QVGA).
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.3. Mobile View Setting Mobile View Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Video Setting page and select Enable under Mobile View column. Select with or without audio depends on your setting. Press Apply button to complete setting. Notification:...
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Chapter 5. 5.3.2. Focus Setting GB1 network camera is equip with DC Iris f=2.8~12mm vari-focal Lens. In order to set the focus point, user must manually adjust the lens. Focus Setting Procedure: Please connect your camera. Adjust your focus to an appropriate point.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.3. Image Setting After complete your video setting, you may now start to adjust image setting. Please kindly follow below instructions about image setting and exposure setting to get your ideally image quality. 5.3.3.1. Exposure Setting SMAX network camera supply two Exposure Mode. Default set as Auto mode.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.3.1. Exposure Setting Exposure Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Image setting page and change the Exposure Mode from Auto to Manual. As an example picture on the right, the image is too dark during the night mode.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.3.2. Image Setting Image Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Image setting page. Please enter appropriate Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness numbers. Or use + and – button to do the adjusting. When above four numbers has changed, you can check the difference on the image.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.2. Motion Detection Motion Detection function allows you to set up to three windows on the screen. So these selected areas can detect motion base on the Percentage and Sensitivity numbers that you input. Motion Detection Setting Procedure: Select Motion Detection...
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Chapter 5. 5.3.3. Privacy Mask Privacy Mask function allows you to set up to three privacy mask that covers on your live view screen. It can be selected as different color with different mask. Once the mask has been set, the live view screen will no longer display those selected area.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.4. PTZ Control PTZ Control to GU1 model is about RS-485 setting. Network camera can be mounted to a pan-tilt cradle via RS-485 connection. RS-485 Setting Procedure: Select PTZ Control button under the Configuration menu. Select Enable RS-485. Enter Baud Rate, Date Bits, Parity and Stop Bit numbers under the Port Setting column.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.5. Audio Settings SMAX GU1 network camera is equip with two ways audio function. It can connect to a microphone or a speaker. You may enable microphone function with a NVR or SMAX VMS for sound recording function. Or you may enable speaker function for brow casting function.
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Chapter 5. 5.4. SD Card Settings Smax GU1 has built in micro SD card slot for continuous, schedule, event and alarm recording function. It also supply for searching recorded file. SDHC card maximum memory size is up to 32GB. 5.4.1. SDHC Setting new SD card procedure:...
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Chapter 5. 5.4.2. Recording Recording to SD card procedure: Select Recording button under the Configuration menu. Select Enable External storage Recording function and set the maximum size of each recording file. We suggest to set 50MB as the maximum. Arrange your recoding schedule of day and time under the Recording Schedule column.
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Chapter 5. 5.4.3. SD Card Recoding Search SD card recoding search procedure: Select Recording button under the SDHC page. Press All file button to see all recoding files from the SD memory card. Or you can search a specific period of recoding file by define your desire Start Time and End Time.
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Chapter 5. 5.4.3. SD Card Event Recoding Search When the event recording was triggered and saves to SD memory card. You can search all event files within Event page. SD card event recoding search procedure: Select Event button under the SDHC page. Press All file button to see all event recoding files from the SD memory card.
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Chapter 5. 5.5. Event Settings Event setting function is to define a event trigger so the network camera can proceed an action base on this setting. You can set multiple event setting base on different needs of different applications. SMAX network camera has two was of event trigger settings:...
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Chapter 5. 5.5.1. Event Server Below is a description of Event Server. Before you set a new event, you can define a details of remote media server: FTP , SMTP and Samba. After setting, all event can proceed to your define FTP, SMTP or Samba Server by sending snapshots, e-mail or recording files.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.1.2. SMTP Server The main function of a SMTP server it to send an e- mail message when event was triggered. SMTP Server setting procedure: Select Event button under the Configuration menu. Then select Event server page. Select Enable SMTP server. Then enter your SMTP server’s IP address, Port, Sender e-mail address, Receiver #1 and #2 e-mail address and Subject.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.1.3. Samba Server Samba Server setting procedure: Select Event button under the Configuration menu. Then select Event server page. Select Enable Samba server. Then enter your Samba server’s IP address, Storage Path, Username and Password. Press Test SMB button to check if the Samba connection is successfully established.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.2. Media setting Media setting is to define what kind of media files should be save when a event was triggered. You can sent a snapshot or an event recoding file to your event server. Media setting procedure: Select Event button under the Configuration menu.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.3. Adding New Event Setting Below is an example procedure for adding a new event. It is trigger by motion detection. Schedule time set as always alert. And the action set to trigger SD care recording and digital output alarm. Example of adding new event procedure:...
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Chapter 5. 5.6. Maintenance Settings This maintenance page includes Reboot, Factory Reset, Backup, Restore, and Upgrade function. 5.6.1. Reboot Reboot procedure: When press Reboot button, it can remotely reboot the camera. 5.6.2. Factory reset There are two ways of factory reset procedure. One is completely reset back to factory default setting.
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Chapter 5. 5.6.3. Backup SMAX camera can back up your device setting to either save to your local computer or your SD card. Backup procedure: When press Backup button, SMAX camera will back up setting to your computer. When press Backup to SD card device button, SMAX camera will back up setting to your SD card.
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Chapter 5. 5.6.5. Upgrade SMAX camera contain its original firmware version when first leave the factory. If for any reason, such as debug or new features, SMAX will put the latest firmware version on SMAX website for download and upgrade purpose. Firmware upgrade procedure: Please save your latest firmware version in the computer that connects to the network...
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Chapter 5. 5.7. Camera Information SMAX network camera provide two ways of checking information. One is for the device information, it includes the fundamental of network setting and basic function of the camera. The other one is system log, it records all the operation or event history.
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Chapter 5. 5.7.2. System Log System log display procedure: To access system log, click Configuration from the menu then click Log button. You can check the usage log of this camera as shown in the picture from the right. w w w . s m a x . c o m . t w P 65...
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Chapter 6. 6.1. URL SMAX HTTP API Version: 1.0.10 Style Convention In URL syntax and in descriptions of CGI parameters, text in italics within angle brackets denotes content that should be replaced with either a value or a string. When replacing the text string, the angle brackets must also be replaced. URL syntax is written with the word “Syntax:”...
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Chapter 6. Return: HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n 6.1.1.2. Add, modify and delete users Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <content length>\r\n <parameter>=<value> Value Description \r\n action=<string> add, remove = remove an OK\r\n update, existing account if it exists. remove , get = get a list of the users FAIL HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n which belong to the...
Chapter 6. <parameter>=<value> Value Description timezone=<string> 0-56 Specify the time zone for 6.1.1.3. System date and time the new date and/or time. device will translate the Get or set the system date and time time into local time using Syntax: whichever the time zone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- has been specified through...
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Chapter 6. Return: 6.1.1.3. System date and time FAIL HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Examples(a) : Get system date and time Content-Length: <content length>\r\n http:// camera_ip:port r/cgi/admin/date.cgi?action=get \r\n Return: Request failed: <error message>\r\n HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n 6.1.2. Maintenance Content-Length: <content length>\r\n \r\n 6.1.2.1.
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Chapter 6. 6.1.5.3. Audio (Talk:PC to IP video device) Returns a multipart audio stream. Open a 6.1.5.2. Audio (Camera to PC) IPPROTO_UDP socket and assign this socket to Syntax: port 5432. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio support u-Law Data only. http://<servername>/cgi/audio/audio.cgi? type=uLaw Payload Format: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Header (12Bytes) u-Law Data (1024 Bytes)
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Chapter 6. Return: HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n 6.1.6. Focus & Zoom for Motor Lens Content-Type: text/plain\r\n (for GV1、GU1 only) Content-Length: <content length>\r\n Focus & Zoom for Motor Lens : \r\n Send focus & zoom control command to IP Camera <Result> which with Motor-Lens. \r\n Syntax: FAIL...
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Chapter 6. 6.1.7. SD Card Management 6.1.6. Focus & Zoom for Motor Lens Get SD Card Status and search result list. (for GV1、GU1 only) Syntax: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example: (Server sends setup to network camera.) http://camera_ip:port/sdcard.cgi?action=<action_para [Smart Focus] meter>&<parmameter>=<value>& http://192.168.101.102:80/cgi/fz --------------------------------------------------------------------------- /focuszoomctl.cgi?smartfocusscan with the following parameters and values for reference: Example: (Server sends setup to network camera.)
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Chapter 6. Example: (Get SD Card Status.) [Get SD Card Status] 6.1.7. SD Card Management http://192.168.101.102:80/sdcard.cgi?action=status& Return: Parameter Value Description sTime yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss List Start Time [Status] 1 : SD Card is available eTime yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss List End Time 0 : SD Card is not available fname filename Download/Delete File...
Chapter 6. 6.4. Liability SMAX Technology Co., Ltd. does not responsible WEEE Directive & Product Disposal for any printing errors or any related issues. And At the end of its serviceable life, this product should not be hereby to claim that all specification or description treated as household or general waste.
SMAX Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without the obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
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