AV Video System
Installation And Software Manual
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Using Arecont Vision camera SDK (Software Developer Kit)
AV Video System “Camera Settings” dialog gives access to the most common settings, see
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. SDK must be used in case where cameras must be controlled from a
different application. The SDK is available for Windows and Linux platforms. See SDK reference for more
details.
Day/Night Operation
AV3130 is a camera designed for day and night operation. The camera has two sensors, a 3-megapixel
color sensor and a 1.3-megapixel grayscale sensor which is sensitive to near infrared illumination. When
the scene is well-illuminated the 3-megapixel sensor is selected to deliver color images of up to 2048x1536
in size. In dark conditions AV3130 can automatically switch to the grayscale sensor. Combined with an
external near-infrared illuminator the camera can image under 0 Lux conditions.
See “AV Video Software Reference Manual” for details on configuring settings specific to AV3130.
Supported Network Services
AV2100, AV3100 and AV3130 implements Ping, ARP and TFTP network protocols.
Ping
Ping protocol checks if the network device is on, available on the network and can successfully receive and
transmit network packets. To ping a camera in Windows:
1.
Open a command line interface window (click the “Start” button, choose “Run”, enter “cmd” and
click enter)
2.
For a camera with IP of 192.168.0.100 enter “ping 192.168.0.100”
ARP
ARP, the address resolution protocol, protocol provides means for translating IP addresses into MAC. It is
used by network housekeeping software.
TFTP
The camera delivers images and is configured via TFTP, the trivial file transfer protocol. TFTP requests to
cameras are implemented and encapsulated by AV SDK.
Troubleshooting and Useful Tips
Connecting Directly To Laptop or PC
In a typical scenario cameras are connected using network cables to a network switch. A camera can also
be connected to a PC or laptop directly. Be sure to use a cross-over network cable between the camera and
PC when connecting in this fashion.
When a camera is connected directly, in some cases you may need to change TCP/IP configuration on your
PC. For example, configure the PC to work with a static IP address.
When a PoE injector is used and connected directly to a PC there are two network cables. One cable
connects the PC to the PoE injector. The other connects the injector to the camera. Only one of these cables
must be cross-over. The other cable must be regular, not cross-over.
Switches and Routers
Note that some Gigabit switches and network adapters incompletely emulate 100BaseT signaling levels and
may not work correctly with high bandwidth 100BaseT equipment.
