Summary of Contents for Acumen AirForce Box Series
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AirForce Box Series H.264 HD AiP cameras INSTRUCTION MANUAL...
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The AirForce series cameras have the latest technologies providing mega-pixel H.264 video, outstanding DSP capacities, built-in video analytics, and built-in PoE. All AirForce cameras are ONVIF compliant. ACUMEN’s AIM HD software and AiP cameras maximize system performance providing an integrated system solution for migrating to IP Video.
Key Features Full HD AiP cameras capable of recording at 15 FPS Supports dual encoding formats of H.264 and JPEG Triple Streaming technology, 3 concurrent streams available Moon Light function for low light conditions Day or night video quality scheduling ...
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Sample codes and documents are included in the product CD and can be downloaded from our company website. ACUMEN HTTP API For non-ONVIF integration, please see the ACUMEN HTTP API document. We adopt HTTP API document for all ACUMEN AiP cameras. Caution ...
Table of Content Chapter 1 System Overview ..................7 Chapter 2 Before accessing AiP cameras ............... 8 Chapter 2-1 Configuring IP addresses using IP scan utility ........8 Chapter 2-2 Configuring IP addresses using HTML page ........9 Chapter 2-3 Internet browser settings & software components required ....9 Chapter 2-4 Login ....................
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Chapter 5-2-1 Advance Video Setting ............23 Chapter 5-2-2 Moon Light function ..............24 Chapter 5-2-3 IR Cut Removable ..............25 Chapter 5-2-4 Video Privacy Mask ..............25 Chapter5-2-5 Audio Setting ................26 Chapter 5-3 IP Network Advance ................ 26 Chapter 5-4 Event ....................
ACUMEN Universal ActiveX software components are required for web interface displaying JPEG or H.264 Full HD video. When you first login to the AiP camera using Internet explorer, a security warning dialog box will appear for ACUMEN Universal ActiveX. Click “Install” to download.
Chapter 2 Before accessing AiP cameras Before accessing the AiP camera, make sure that the camera’s RJ-45 network, audio, and power cables are properly connected. To set the IP address, consult your network administrator. The default IP address for each AiP camera is 192.168.0.200.
Chapter 2-2 Configuring IP addresses using HTML page To change an IP address using a HTML page, type the default IP address (192.168.0.200) into the Internet browser and follow the steps below: Login to the H.264 Full HD AiP camera using default username “admin” and default password “pass”...
Chapter 2-4 Login There are several levels of user authentication including administrator and guest. The usernames and passwords areas follows: Administrator Viewer Username admin guest Password pass guest To login to the AiP camera, type the username and password into the HTML login page and click “Submit”.
Chapter 3-1 AiP camera Operational HTML Page layout 1. Profile switching menu—Switching from one profile to another 2. ACUMEN Universal ActiveX control—Display RTSP H.264 or JPEG network video 3. Quick button control panel—AiP camera control panel 4. Setup menu—AiP camera setup menu...
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Universal ActiveX control provides an ePTZ (electronic Pan, Tilt, and Zoom) feature option. To perform a ePTZ tour, use a computer mouse to drag the ActiveX control. The ACUMEN Universal ActiveX control is now in eZoom mode. Use a computer mouse pointing to the sub-window of PIP view. Dragging the sub-window will allow ePan and eTilt actions to be performed.
Note: Only AiP camera models with audio support this feature. Chapter 3-2-2 Record in a Local PC To record at a local PC, right-click on the ACUMEN Universal ActiveX control. You can specify recording paths and recording sizes. To playback the AVI video, click on Windows Media Player.
Chapter 4 Basic Settings Chapter 4-1 Configuration As an administrator, you can configure the AiP camera via a standard HTML web page. Chapter 4-2 System Settings System settings contain the AiP camera server system information including MAC address, firmware version, user and system timer. To change or use these options, follow the below instructions.
ActiveX OSD Name Camera OSD name only on ActiveX Chapter 4-3 Timer The H.264 Full HD AiP camera allows users to change the system timer via a standard HTML web page. To change the camera’s system timer, enter the date and time into the edit boxes.
Profiles: select streaming combination Profile Name: description of the profile Compression: compression type of the profile Resolution: the resolution of the compression VBR/CBR: VBR: video quality encoding mode/constant bitrate encoding mode. Bitrate: the maximum bit rate available for a network connection ...
Alarm Interval Chapter 4-5 Basic Quality To determine the video quality, adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, and sharpness accordingly. The AiP camera can be set to day and/or night for optimum video quality. Day or Night Video Mode The day or night video quality can be adjusted separately; the quality setting is scheduled based on the IR cut scheduling table.
For Internet access configuration, contact your local Internet Service Provider (ISP) for a global IP address. Once the Internet connection is installed, enter the IP address (global), subnet mask, and gateway IP from the ISP. Default DNS IP Address—First Domain Name Server, the IP address of the domain name server ...
Chapter 4-8 DDNS Settings DNS stands for Domain Name Server. It provides a domain name translation service for a device’s IP. The domain name can be easier to remember than numeric values (IP). The DNS service requires service registration and subscription.
see the AiP cameras via the UPnP protocol. To enable the UPnP service, visit Basic->Network->UPnP. Chapter 4-10 Maintenance The load default feature allows you to restore the factory settings. There are certain settings such as IP addresses and video systems that are not affected by this operation.
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If you forget the password, please return the device to us. See appendix for Note: emergency default.
Chapter 5 Advance Settings Chapter 5-1 System Settings Chapter 5-1-1 User Setting There are ten user accounts allowed for the system. Each account can be configured for access rights. To add/edit a user, click “Add/Edit” user. To access an AiP camera without authentication, set the Bypass “Logon” radio to ON. To change the account name, type the new account name in the “Account”...
Chapter 5-2 Advance Video and Audio Settings Chapter 5-2-1 Advance Video Setting To setup Exposure Control, Automatic Gain Control, White Balance Control, adjust the values accordingly. To increase, the sensitivity at night, adjust the Moon Light feature. Exposure Value: adjust the value of the image exposure ...
Moon Light function Auto Gain Control, AGC (Moon Light function): increase the gain of the video signal. If AGC cannot gain enough light, set the Moon Light feature. However, the Moon Light feature may cause motion blur at night 3D Noise Reduction: reduces noise at night ...
Chapter 5-2-3 IR Cut Removable The IR cut removable filter allows the user to schedule IR activation by (1) auto, (2) day, (3) night, or (4) schedule. When the setting is set to "Auto", the IR activation is determined by the light sensor. The "Night" setting means that the IR cut filter is removed.
Chapter5-2-5 Audio Setting Audio setting is based on the following: MIC Volume: MIC or line input volume Audio Input Mode: choose MIC input or Line input. Audio Input Gain: voice input gain control Audio Output Volume: line output volume adjustment ...
Chapter 5-4-1 Motion Alarm, or Audio Detection Event For motion, digital input, or audio alarm notifications, users can configure event actions to send JPEGs to an FTP server, to send JPEGs to an email account, and/or trigger SD card recording for video. To schedule the event task, click “Schedule”.
Chapter 5-4-3 Audio Detection Event For audio supported models, the AiP camera will have an audio detector that will detect the acoustic level. If the volume exceeds the audio sensitivity value, the audio detector will trigger an alarm and send a notification. Chapter 5-4-4 Alarm Input Detection Event To enable external alarm digital input via an AiP camera, visit Advance->Event->Alarm Detection.
Alarm Notification—Enable alarm notification Alarm Input Mode—Normal open/normal close for detecting alarm inputs Chapter 5-4-5 Network Loss Detection Event Chapter 5-5 Notification The alarm or motion notification feature can be triggered to send snapshots to an FTP account or an email account. For alarm notification configuration, follow the instructions below: Chapter 5-5-1 FTP Notification To enable the alarm or motion sending FTP feature, setup the following FTP...
Password— password of the account Directory—file path for storing the JPEG snapshots Prefix—prefix of the JPEG filename Date format—date format string for the JPEG filename Postfix—postfix of the JPEG filename Chapter 5-5-2 SMTP Email Notification Alarm or motion notifications can be set to send a snapshot to an email account.
Chapter 5-5-3 Event Triggering SD Card Recording To record video onto an SD Card, insert an SD card into the SD card slot. Enable the SD card recording feature. The AiP camera will start to record video to the SD card.
Appendix Advance Network DDNS and PPPoE Technologies The advantage of using DDNS and PPPoE is to remove the costs associated with paying for a static IP address. H.264 AVC AiP camera’s PPPoE service will provide a dynamic global IP address after the system reboot has been carried out. This is the address needed to access the video server over Internet.
Specification Video H.264 and Motion JPEG, dual codec compression Resolution 1080P(1920 x 1080), 720P(1280 x 720), D1(720 x 480), CIF(352 x 240) H.264 : up to 15 fps @ 1920 x 1080 , 30fps @ 1280 x 720 , 30fps @ 720 x 480 Maximum frame Motion JPEG : up to 15 fps @ 1920 x 1080 , 30 fps @ 720 x 480 , 30 fps @ 352 x rate...
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