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  • Page 1 VK2-1080VFD Installation and user manual...

  • Page 3: Explanation Of Graphical Symbols

    www.hitron.co.kr WARNING CAUTION EXPLANATION OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated "dangerous voltage" within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

  • Page 4: Ce Compliance Statement

    safe transport of this unit in the future. CAUTION CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE USER'S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT. CE COMPLIANCE STATEMENT WARNING: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

  • Page 5: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Description ...................... 8 1.1 Components ....................8 1.2 Key Features ..................... 9 2. Installation ..................... 10 2.1 Over View ....................10 2.2 Base installation ..................11 2.3 Connection....................12 2.4 Network Connection and IP assignment ..........13 3. Operation ....................... 14 3.1 Minimum conditions for using web browser ..........14 3.2 Accessing the IP camera ................15 3.3 Access from the internet ................16 3.4 Setting the admin password over a secure connection ......16...

  • Page 8: Description

    1. Description This manual applies to the VK2-1080VFD. The VK2-1080VFD supports the network service for a sensor image with progressive scan, which can be monitored on a real-time screen regardless of distances and locations. By using its dedicated program, many users are able to have an access to the VK2-1080VFD at once or a single user can monitor various VK2-1080VFD s at the same time.

  • Page 9: Key Features

    1.2 Key Features • Brilliant video quality The VK2-1080VFD offers the highly efficient H.264 video compression, which drastically reduces bandwidth and storage requirements without compromising image quality. Motion JPEG is also supported for increased flexibility. • Dual streams The VK2-1080VFD can deliver dual video streams simultaneously at full frame rate in all resolutions up to Full HD (1920x180) using Motion JPEG and H.264 (or MPEG-4).

  • Page 10: Installation

    2. Installation 2.1 Over View • Front View Name Description 3-9mm varifocal IR corrected lens Lens IP and Power connection cable Connection Cable • • Side View Bottom View Name Description Micro SD slot for local recording Micro SD Slot Amber : On while System Booting Status LED Green : Normal Operation...

  • Page 11: Base Installation

    2.2 Base installation Use the provided template to mark the required mounting and cable holes. To remove dome cover, turn the dome cover counter clockwise until locators reach end of travel and pull off. Push the liner in the direction of the arrow (three ‘OPEN’ marks) and pull it off. Fasten Mounting screws (2X) and align the dome camera as shown above.

  • Page 12: Connection

    2.3 Connection • Connecting to the RJ-45 Connect a standard RJ-45 cable to the network port of the VK2-1080VFD . Generally a cross-over cable is used for directly connection to PC, while a direct cable is used for connection to a switch or hub. •...

  • Page 13: Network Connection And Ip Assignment

    2.4 Network Connection and IP assignment When a VK2-1080VFD is first connected to the network it has a default IP address of 192.168.30.220 So, it will probably be necessary to allocate an IP address to the device with the “Smart Manager” utility on the CD.

  • Page 14: Operation

    The minimum system requirements to use a Web browser with this IP camera are as follows: - CPU: Pentium® 4 microprocessor, 2.0GHz - Operational System: Windows XP® or Windows Vista® or Windows7® - System Memory: RAM 512 Mbyte - Ethernet: 100 Mbit - Video Resolution: 1024(Horizontal) x 768(Vertical) pixels or higher - Internet Explorer®...

  • Page 15: Accessing The Ip Camera

    3.2 Accessing the IP camera 1. Open Web browser 192.168.30.220 2. Type IP address: - The default IP address is NOTE - If you do not know the camera’s IP address, install the SmartManager® utility software available on the CD supplied with the product. The utility software will locate the assigned Model name, Host name, MAC address, IP address, Version and others.

  • Page 16: Access From The Internet

    3.3 Access from the internet The VK2-1080VFD is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the camera from the Internet you must configure your broadband router to allow incoming data traffic to the camera. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically configure the router to allow access to the camera.

  • Page 17: Live View Page

    3.5 Live View Page The live view page comes in eight screen modes like 1920x1080, 1280x1024, 1280x720, 704x480(576), 640x480, 352x240(288), and 320x240. Users are allowed to select the most suitable one out of those modes. Please, adjust the mode in accordance with your PC specifications and monitoring purposes.
  • Page 18 Control toolbar The live viewer toolbar is available in the web browser page only. It displays the following buttons: The Stop button stops the video stream being played. Pressing the key again toggles the start and stop. The Start button connects to the VK2-1080VFD or start playing a video stream.

  • Page 19: Menu Configuration

    3.6 Menu Configuration This section describes how to configure the VK2-1080VFD, and is intended for product Administrators, who have un-restricted access to all the Setup tools; and Operators, who have access to the settings for Basic, Live View, Video & Image, Audio, Event, and System Configuration. You can configure the VK2-1080VFD by clicking Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page.

  • Page 20: Basic Configuration

    3.6.1 Basic Configuration 1) Users User access control is enabled by default. An administrator can set up other users, by giving these user names and passwords. It is also possible to allow anonymous viewer login, which means that anybody may access the Live View page, as described below: The user list displays the authorized users and user groups (levels): User Group Authority...
  • Page 21 2) Network The VK2-1080VFD supports both IP version 4 and IP version 6. Both versions may be enabled simultaneously, and at least one version must always be enabled. When using IPv4, the IP address for the camera can be set automatically via DHCP, or a static IP address can be set manually. If IPv6 is enabled, the cameras receive an IP address according to the configuration in the network router.
  • Page 22 Pinging the unit is still possible when this service is disabled. 3) Video & Image • Video Setting Codec: The codec settings are separated into MPEG4 and H.264. H.264 is a lso known as MPEG-4 Part 10. This is the new generation compression standard for digital video.
  • Page 23 MPEG4 ASP(Advanced Simple Profile): Its notable technical features relative to the Simple Profile, which is roughly similar to H.263, including "MPEG"-style quantization, interlaced video, B pictures (also known as B Frames), Quarter Pixel motion compensation (Qpel), Global motion compensation (GMC). Resolution: It enables users to determine a basic screen size when having an access through the Web Browser or PC program.
  • Page 24 • Image Setting Sometimes the image size is large due to low light or complex scenery. Adjusting the frame rate and quality helps to control the bandwidth and storage used by the Motion JPEG video stream in these situations. Limiting the frame rate and quality optimizes bandwidth and storage usage, but may give poor image quality.

  • Page 25: Video & Image

    • Current Server Time It displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be displayed in 12h clock format in the overlay (see below). • New Server Time Select your time zone from the drop-down list. If you want the server clock to automatically adjust for daylight savings time, select the “Automatically adjustment for daylight saving time changes”.
  • Page 26 2) Appearance • Image Appearance This page provides access to the advanced image settings for the VK2-1080VFD. Brightness: The image brightness can be adjusted in the range 1-10, where a higher value produces a brighter image. Colour level: Select an appropriate level by entering a value in the range 1-10. Lower values mean less colour saturation.
  • Page 27 3) AE & AWB to set the exposure and white balance of the VK2-1080VFD. This page provides access • Exposure Control Configure the exposure settings to suit the image quality requirements in relation to lighting consideration. Mode: Supports exposure modes to control the amount of light detected by the camera sensor based on settings for light conditions.
  • Page 28 • White Balance Control This adjusts the relative amount of red, green and blue primary colours in the image so that the neutral colours are reproduced correctly. The camera can be set to automatically adjust for the type of light and compensate for its colour. Alternatively, the type of light source can be set manually.
  • Page 29 5) Privacy Masking - Basic The privacy masking function allows you to mask parts of the video image to be transmitted. You can set up to eight privacy masks and the colour of privacy masks is black. The privacy masks are configured by Mask windows. Each window can be selected by clicking with the mouse.
  • Page 30 6) Webcasting – Channel1 The VK2-1080VFD can stream live video to a website. Copy the HTML code generated on the screen and paste it into the page code of the website you want to display live video. Note: To use webcasting service, the Enable Anonymous viewer login option must be checked. Refer to “Basic Configuration >...

  • Page 31: Event

    3.6.3 Event 1) Event-In  On Boot This is used to trigger the event every time the Network Transmitter is started. Select “Enable” to activate the motion event.
  • Page 32  Alarm In Select “Enable” to activate the alarm event. The VK2-1080VFD supports 1 alarm input port. Type: Choose the type of alarm you wish to use from the drop-down list. Dwell Time: Set the dwell time an event lasts from the point of detection of an alarm input. ...
  • Page 33 This option makes use of the manual trigger button provided on the live view page, which are used to start or stop the event type manually. Alternatively the event can be triggered via the product's API (Application Programming Interface).  Motion Motion detection is used to generate an alarm whenever movement occurs (or stops) in the video image.
  • Page 34 Click the right button of mouse to see the mouse menu. Select New Motion (or Mask) Window in the mouse menu. Click and drag mouse to designate a motion area. • Motion Detection Setting The behaviour for each window is defined by adjusting the Threshold and Sensitivity, as described below.
  • Page 35 2) Event-Out  SMTP(E-Mail) The VK2-1080VFD can be configured to send event and error email messages via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). • SMTP(E-Mail) Setting Select “Enable” to activate the SMTP operation. Mail Server/Port: Enter the host names (or IP addresses) and port numbers for your mail server in the fields provided, to enable the sending of notifications and image email messages from the camera to predefined addresses via SMTP.
  • Page 36 network administrator or ISP (Internet Service Provider). To ensure that the login procedure is performed as securely as possible when using SMTP authentication, you must define the weakest authentication method allowed. Login Method: Set the Weakest method allowed to the highest/safest method supported by the mail server.
  • Page 37  FTP & JPEG When the VK2-1080VFD detects an event, it can record and saves images to an FTP server. Images can be sent as e-mail attachments. Check the box to enable the service. • FTP Setting Server: Enter the server's IP address or host name. Note that a DNS server must be specified in the TCP/IP network settings if using a host name.
  • Page 38  HTTP Server When the VK2-1080VFD detects an event, HTTP Server is used to receive uploaded image files and/or notification messages. Check the box to enable the service. • HTTP Server Setting Name: The name of the HTTP event server. Use a descriptive name. URL: The network address to the server and the script that will handle the request.
  • Page 39  Alarm Out When the VK2-1080VFD detects an event, it can control external equipment connected to its alarm output port. Check the box to enable and then select either: Enable: When you select “Enable alarm out”, the output will be activated for as long as the event is active.
  • Page 40 ▼ Record When the VK2-1080VFD detects an event, it can record video stream to the Micro SD Memory (not supplied) or NAS (Network Attached Storage) as a storage device. Check the box to enable the service. • Record Setting Overwrite: Click checkbox to overwrite the storage device. Stream Type: You can select VIDEO or IMAGE.
  • Page 41 Note2: Network File System (NFS) is a network file system protocol, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network in a manner similar to how local storage is accessed. NFS, like many other protocols, builds on the Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC) system.
  • Page 42 3) Event Map The event map allows you to change the settings and establish a schedule for each event trigger from the VK2-1080VFD. You can register up to a maximum of 15 event scenarios on the map. Click Add button to make a new event map and you will see the following popup window:...
  • Page 43 • General Enter the name for a new event scenario. • Event In Select an event type in the drop down list. • Event Out E-mail: Select email addresses you want to send to, when an event has occurred. FTP: Select checkbox beside FTP to record and saves images to an FTP server when an event has occurred.

  • Page 44: System

    3.6.4 System 1) Information The name of the device and its location can be set, this can be very useful when interrogating the device once it has been installed. • Device Name Configuration Enter the device name. • Location Configuration Enter the location information, up to 4 lines of text can be entered.
  • Page 45 2) Security  Users User access control is enabled by default, when the administrator sets the root password on first access. New users are authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can choose to allow anonymous viewer login to the Live View page, as described below: •...
  • Page 46  HTTPS For greater security, the VK2-1080VFD can be configured to use HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL (Secure Socket Layer)). That is, all communication that would otherwise go via HTTP will instead go via an encrypted HTTPS connection. • HTTPS Connection Policy Choose the form of connection you wish to use from the drop-down list for the administrator, Operator and Viewer to enable HTTPS connection (set to HTTP by default).
  • Page 47  IP Filtering Enable IP address filtering box enables the IP address filtering function. Up to 256 IP address entries may be specified (a single entry can contain multiple IP addresses). Click the Add button to add new filtered addresses. Up to 5 ranges of address can be set, each range can be allowed or denied access to the camera.
  • Page 48 3) Date & Time • Current Server Time It displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be displayed in 12h clock format in the overlay (see below). • New Server Time Select your time zone from the drop-down list. If you want the server clock to automatically adjust for daylight savings time, select “Automatically adjustment for daylight saving time changes”.
  • Page 49 4) Network Setting in regard to network can be executed. Settings for IP, DNS, Host Name, Port, and ARP/Ping can be established, along with setting for DDNS, uPnP, QoS, Zeroconf, and Bonjour.
  • Page 50  Basic • IP Address Configuration: Obtain IP address via DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that lets network administrators centrally manage and automate the assignment of IP addresses on a network. DHCP is enabled by default. Although a DHCP server is mostly used to set an IP address dynamically, it is also possible to use it to set a static, known IP address for a particular MAC address.
  • Page 51  DDNS • Internet DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) When using the high-speed Internet with the telephone or cable network, users can operate the VK2-1080VFD on a floating IP environment in which IPs are changed at every access. Users can set up an account and password by visiting a DDNS service like http://www.dyndns.com/ Enable DDNS: Check to get DDNS service to be available.
  • Page 52  RTP Real-time Transfer Protocol used for sending and receiving an audio or video on a real-time basis. These settings are the IP address, port number, and Time-To-Live value to use for the media stream(s) in multicast H.264 format. Only certain IP addresses and port numbers should be used for multicast streams.
  • Page 53  UPnP The VK2-1080VFD includes support for UPnP™ Universal Plug and Play. It is enabled by default, and the VK2-1080VFD then is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. UPnP™ must be installed on your workstation if running Windows XP. To do this, open the Note: Control Panel from the Start Menu and select Add/Remove Programs.
  • Page 54  QoS Quality of Service (QoS) provides the means to guarantee a certain level of a specified resource to selected traffic on a network. Quality can be defined as a maintained level of bandwidth, low latency, and no packet losses. The main benefits of a QoS-aware network are: The ability to prioritize traffic and thus allow critical flows to be served before flows with lesser priority.
  • Page 55 • Auto Traffic Control Set a limitation on user network resources by designating the maximum bandwidth. Maximum bandwidth - In case of sharing other network programs or equipment, it is possible to set a limitation on the maximum bandwidth in the unit of Mbit/s or kbit/s. Auto frame rate - Selected if not influenced by a network-related program or equipment without a limitation on the network bandwidth.
  • Page 56 • NAT traversal Settings Enable - when enabled, the network transmitters attempt to configure port mapping in a NAT router on your network, using UPnP™. Note that UPnP™ must be enabled in the VK2-1080VFD (see System>Network>UPnP). automatic setting: The VK2-1080VFD automatically search for NAT routers on your network.
  • Page 57  Zeroconf Zeroconf allows the VK2-1080VFD to create and assign IP address for VK2-1080VFD s and connect to a network automatically. Zero configuration networking (zeroconf), is a set of techniques that automatically creates a usable Internet Protocol (IP) network without manual operator intervention or special configuration servers. Zero configuration networking allows devices such as computers and printers to connect to a network automatically.
  • Page 58  Bonjour The VK2-1080VFD includes support for Bonjour. When enabled, the VK2-1080VFD is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. Note: Bonjour - Also known as zero-configuration networking, Bonjour enables devices to automatically discover each other on a network, without having to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.
  • Page 59 6) Maintenance • Maintenance Server Restart: The unit is restarted without changing any of the settings. Use this method if the unit is not behaving as expected. Restore: The unit is restarted and most current settings are reset to factory default values. The settings that are not affected are: * the boot protocol (DHCP or static) * the static IP address...

  • Page 60: About

    Parameter List: Click the Parameter List button to see the unit’s parameters and their current settings. 3.6.5 About The following website will provide the support information for the VK2-1080VFD information and operation. www.vista-cctv.com/graphica...

  • Page 61: Playback For Micro Sd Card

    3.8 Playback for Micro SD card Select the Play back Icon from the main menu page, if a Micro SD card is installed and configured, the following page will be displayed. (1) Video Screen You can see the video screen when playing the video clip in the Micro SD memory (2) Playback Buttons To view a recorded , select it from the list and click the Play...
  • Page 62 (3) Time Chart Display an hour-based search screen for the chosen date. If there is recorded data, a blue section will be displayed on a 24-hour basis. (4) Speaker Control Bar Use this scale to control the volume of the speakers. (5) Search Calendar Search results from the Micro SD card in the VK2-1080VFD connected are displayed monthly.

  • Page 63: Help

    3.9 Help The Help information window is a popup window, so that users can open and read it without a need for log-in. 3.10 Resetting to the factory default settings To reset the VK2-1080VFD to the original factory settings, go to the Setup>System> Maintenance web page (described in “3.6.6 System >...

  • Page 64: Appendix

    4. Appendix 4.1 Troubleshooting If problems occur, verify the installation of the VK2-1080VFD with the instructions in this manual and with other operating equipment. Isolate the problem to the specific piece of equipment in the system and refer to the equipment manual for further information. Possible Causes or Corrective Actions Problems/Symptoms The camera cannot be...

  • Page 65: Alarm Connection

    4.2 Alarm Connection The following connection diagram gives an example of how to connect a VK2-1080VFD. 4.3 Preventive Maintenance Preventive maintenance allows detection and correction of minor that faults before they become serious and cause equipment failure. Every three-month, perform the following maintenance. Inspect all connection cables for deterioration or other damage.

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