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Page 2: ...2455282 F 886 2 82455532 Product name Network Camera IP7131 Release Date 2007 03 02 Manual Revision 1 1 Web site www vivotek com Email technical vivotek com sales vivotek com Made in Taiwan Copyright 2007 2012 All rights reserved ...

Page 3: ...d installation This also ensures the product is used properly as intended The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for those who have basic network knowledge The Troubleshooting chapter in the Appendix provides remedies to the most common errors in set up and configuration You should consult this chapter first if you run into a system error The Network Camera is...

Page 4: ... to Use 10 Authentication 10 Installing plug in 11 Primary user s capability 12 Main Screen with Camera View 12 Digital Zoom 13 Snapshot 13 Client settings 14 Administrator s capability 17 Fine tuning for Best Performance 17 Opening accounts for new users 20 Build a security application 21 Software revision upgrade 22 Definitions in Configuration 23 System parameters 25 Security settings 26 Networ...

Page 5: ...pshot while motion detection 39 Sequential operation 40 Method for sending snapshot 40 System log 47 Viewing system parameters 48 Maintenance 49 Appendix 50 A Troubleshooting 50 Status LED 50 Reset and restore 50 B URL commands of the Network Camera 51 Get server parameter values 51 Set server parameter values 52 Available parameters on the server 54 Application page CGI command 64 Capture single ...

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Page 7: ... 6 www vivotek com T 886 2 82455282 F 886 2 82455532 Package Contents IP7131 Power adapter Camera stand Software CD Quick installation guide Warranty card ...

Page 8: ...ring the booting process both blue and red LEDs will be on and the Network Camera will standby for getting IP address After getting IP Address the LED will blink blue every second The Network Camera will first detect Ethernet During the process the red LED of the Network Camera will flash every second Operating in either network mode the blue LED will flash every second as heartbeat to indicate al...

Page 9: ... of the hardware installation users can use Installation Wizard program included in the product CDROM to find the location of the Network Camera There may be many Network Cameras in the local network Users can differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number The serial number is printed on the labels on the carton and the back of the Network Camera body Please refer to the user s manual of...

Page 10: ...ectly and cannot proceed to setting up the Network Camera restore the factory settings following the steps in the Troubleshooting chapter of the Appendix Add Password to prevent Unauthorized Access The default Administrator s password is blank and the Network Camera initially will not ask for any password The Administrator should immediately implement a new password as a matter of prudent security...

Page 11: ...rk Camera a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password Upon successful authentication the following figure is displayed The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason ...

Page 12: ...gs of the user s PC or notebook If the highest security level is set the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt This plug in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in the browser Users may click on to proceed If the web browser does not allow the user to continue to install check the Internet security option and lower the security levels or conta...

Page 13: ...ith Camera View The main page layout has two parts Configuration functions The camera can be configured using these user interfaces Camera View What the camera sees Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page ...

Page 14: ...digital zoom control panel will be shown Uncheck Disable digital zoom and use the slider control to change the zoom factors Snapshot Click on Snapshot web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot Users can point at the snapshot and click the right button of mouse to save it 1 2 3 ...

Page 15: ...ug in being the Network Camera This plug in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the client s site The user may click on to install the plug in If the web browser does not allow the user to complete the installation check the Internet security to lower the security level or contact your IT or networking supervisor ...

Page 16: ... TCP protocol allows for less packet loss and produces a more accurate video display The downside with this protocol is that the real time effect is worse than that with the UDP protocol If no special need is required UDP protocol is recommended Generally speaking the client s choice will be in the order of UDP TCP After the Network Camera is connected successfully Protocol Option will indicate th...

Page 17: ...era client html Network Camera is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera Digital output Click on ON the digital output of the Network Camera will be triggered Or Clicking on OFF can let the digital output turn into normal state ...

Page 18: ...the best video quality and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible The three factors Maximum frame rate Constant bit rate and Fix quality on the Audio and Video Configuration page are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible For Viewing by Mobile Phone Most 3GPP cell phone supports media streaming with MPEG4 video and GSM AMR ...

Page 19: ...r second If your network bandwidth is below 512 Kbps set the Fix bit rate according to your bandwidth and try to get the best performance by fine tuning with the Maximum frame rate In a slow network greater frame rate results in blur images Another work around is to choose 160x120 in the Size option for better images Video quality performance will vary somewhat due to the number of users viewing o...

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Page 21: ...ion as long as the IP address is known It is necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is intended to be accessed by others Type a new word twice in 1 to enable protection This password is used to identify the administrator Then add an account with user name and password for your friends in 2 Network Camera can provide twenty accounts for your valuable customers or friends You may delet...

Page 22: ...er to resize or the title bar to move 7 Fine tune using the Sensitivity and Percentage fields to best suit the camera s environment Higher Sensitivity detects the slighter motion Higher Percentage discriminates smaller objects 8 Clicking on Save enables the activity display Green means the motion in the window is under the watermark set by Administrator and red means it is over the watermark 9 Cli...

Page 23: ...mware file named xxx pkg from the appropriate product folder 2 Run the Upgrade Wizard and proceed following the prompts Refer to the instructions of the Upgrade Wizard for details 3 Or upgrade firmware from HTTP web page directly 3 The whole process will finish in a few minutes and it will automatically restart the system If power fails during the writing process of Flash memory the program in the...

Page 24: ...explained in the following pages The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration If the Administrator also wants to set certain options through the URL read the reference appendix for details url http Network Camera setup config html ...

Page 25: ...ivotek com Network Camera is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera url http Network Camera setup system html Network Camera is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera ...

Page 26: ...ntry Automatic Synchronize with the NTP server over the Internet whenever the Network Camera starts up It will fail if the assigned time server cannot be reached NTP server Assign the IP address or domain name of the time server Leaving the text box blank connects the Network Camera to the default time servers Time zone Adjust the time with that of the time servers for local settings Update interv...

Page 27: ...owser will ask the Administrator for the new password for access Add user Type the new user s name and password and press to insert the new entry The new user will be displayed in the user name list There is a maximum of twenty user accounts Manager user Pull down the user list to find the user s name and press to complete url http Network Camera setup security html Network Camera is the domain na...

Page 28: ...taller to check the IP address assigned to the Network Camera if the IP address is forgotten or using the UPnP function provided by the Network Camera MS Windows XP provides UPnP function at My Network Place IP address This is necessary for network identification Subnet mask This is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet The default value is 255 255 255 0 Default router This is...

Page 29: ...nection to be successful For instance when the Administrator changes the HTTP port of the Network Camera whose IP address is 192 168 0 100 from 80 to 8080 the users must type in the web browser http 192 168 0 100 8080 instead of http 192 168 0 100 RTSP Streaming Access name This is the access URL for making connection from client software Using rtsp ip address access name to make connection RTSP p...

Page 30: ... 29 www vivotek com url http Network Camera setup network html Network Camera is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera ...

Page 31: ...that is registered in the DDNS server Username E mail The Username or E mail field is necessary for logging in the DDNS server or notify the User of the new IP address Note when this field is input as Username the following field must be input as Password Password Key Please input the password or key to get the DDNS service Save Click on this button to save current settings for the DDNS service an...

Page 32: ...for receiving the audio video streaming Both Allow List and Deny List consist of a list of IP ranges If you want to add a new IP address range type the Start IP Address and End IP Address in the text boxes and click on the Add button If you want to remove an existing IP address range just select from the pull down menu and click on the Delete button Both the Allow List and Deny List can have 20 en...

Page 33: ... the light source is only fluorescent light There are three dependent parameters provided for video performance adjustment key frame interval Max frame rate This limits the maximal refresh frame rate which can be combined with the Video quality to optimize bandwidth utilization and video quality Choose Constant bit rate If the user wants to fix the bandwidth utilization regardless of the video qua...

Page 34: ...st the value for best color temperature Audio settings Use Switch internal or microphone to set up the source of audio input mute Audio mute Boost external microphone input Enhance the gain of the external microphone Internal input Gain Modify the gain of the internal audio input Audio type Select audio codec AAC or GSM AMR and the bit rate ...

Page 35: ... pop up another window to tune Brightness Contrast Hue and Saturation for video compensation Each field has eleven levels ranged from 5 to 5 In Brightness and Contrast fields the value 0 indicates auto tuning The user may press to fine tune the image When the image is O K press to set the image settings Click on this to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes ...

Page 36: ...his granted password on the external email server Recipient email address The email address of the recipients for snapshots or log file Multiple recipients must be separated by semicolon FTP Built in FTP server port number This can be other than the default port 21 The user can change this value from 1025 to 65535 After the changed the external FTP client program must change the server port of con...

Page 37: ... folder name Granted folder on the external FTP server The string must conform to that of the external FTP server Some FTP servers cannot accept preceding slash symbol before the path without virtual path mapping Refer to the instructions for the external FTP server for details The folder privilege must be open for upload url http Network Camera setup mailftp html Network Camera is the domain name...

Page 38: ...en bar means the image variation is under monitoring level and a red bar means the image variation is over monitoring level When the bar goes red the detected window will also be outlined in red Going back to the homepage the monitored window is hidden but the red frame shows when motion is detected Window Name The text will show at the top of the window Sensitivity This sets the endurable differe...

Page 39: ...us ON OFF show the status of application Sun Sat Select the days of the week to perform the application Time show Always or input the time interval Trigger Event trigger type has digital input motion detection and sequential Send After Event has been triggered IP cam will send something by email ftp or trigger digital output ...

Page 40: ... each can be assigned a name Select the windows which need to be monitored If motion detection has not been set up undefined will be shown instead of the window title If this happens clicking on Motion detection and a note will show to direct the User to the configuration page for motion detection Send pre event image s The number of pre snapshots will be captured and send when a condition is trig...

Page 41: ...ots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the file name defined in the next option This can also be used to refresh the captured images stored in the external web server to build creative homepages FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix This option sets up the snapshot capture date and time which can be used to easily differentiate the snapshot file names in the sequential operatio...

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Page 43: ...ra will send video clip file when the digital input is triggered Send out the video clip while motion detection There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name Select the windows which need to be monitored If motion detection has not been set up undefined will be shown instead of the window title If this happens clicking on Motion detection and a note will show to direct t...

Page 44: ...pshots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the file name defined in the next option This can also be used to refresh the captured images stored in the external web server to build creative homepages FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix This option sets up the snapshot capture date and time which can be used to easily differentiate the snapshot file names in the sequential opera...

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Page 46: ...output while motion detection There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name Select the windows which need to be monitored If motion detection has not been set up undefined will be shown instead of the window title If this happens clicking on Motion detection and a note will show to direct the User to the configuration page for motion detection Delay second s before detec...

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Page 48: ...urn on the facility for receiving log from remote machine Or you can use some software on Windows which is compliant to RFC 3164 Check Enable remote log and input the IP address and port number of the log server to enable the remote log facility In the Current log it displays the current system log file The content of the log provides useful information about configuration and connection after sys...

Page 49: ... 48 www vivotek com Viewing system parameters Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system s parameter set The content is the same as those in CONFIG INI ...

Page 50: ...actory default button on the configuration page to restore the factory default settings Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be reset to the initial factory settings The system will restart and require the installer program to set up the network again upgrade firmware Select the firmware file and click upgrade button ...

Page 51: ...onfirmed After network is setup system up Blink green orange every second and steady red During the upgrade firmware process Blink green orange every second and fast blink red Reset and restore There is a button in the back of the Network Camera It is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings Sometimes resetting the system sets the system back to normal state If the system p...

Page 52: ...be easily integrated through convenient URLs This section lists the commands in URL format corresponding to the basic functions of the erase Network Camera Get server parameter values Note This request require administrator access Method GET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin admin getparam cgi parameter parameter where the parameter should be group _ name or group name If you do not specify the ...

Page 53: ...arameter pair length is the actual length of content Example request IP address and it s response Request http 192 168 0 123 cgi bin admin getparam cgi network_ipaddress Response HTTP 1 0 200 OK r n Content Type text html r n Context Length 33 r n r n network ipaddress 192 168 0 123 r n Set server parameter values Note This request require administrator access Method GET POST Syntax http servernam...

Page 54: ... If you omit this parameter it will redirect to an empty page note The return page can be a general HTML file htm html or a Vivotek server script executable vspx file It can not be a CGI command It can not have any extra parameters This parameter must be put at end of parameter list Return HTTP 1 0 200 OK r n Content Type text html r n Context Length length r n r n parameter pair where parameter p...

Page 55: ...ION hostname r w text string shorter than 40 characters host name of server Wireless Network Camera 0 Do not turn off the led indicator ledoff r w 1 Turn off the led indicator yyyy mm dd year month and date separated by slash keep keep date unchanged date r w auto Using NTP to sync date time automatically hh mm ss hour minute and second separated by colon keep keep date unchanged time r w auto Usi...

Page 56: ...value and restart the server after value seconds 0 65535 Restart the server after value seconds reset w 1 Not restart the server 0 Using the profile of viewing by computer viewmode r w 1 Using the profile of viewing by mobile phone Group Security NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION username_ 1 20 r w text string shorter than 16 characters change user name blank userpass_ 0 20 r w text string shorter than 14 ch...

Page 57: ...r w restart IP address IP address of server 192 168 0 99 subnet r w restart IP address subnet mask 255 255 255 0 router r w restart IP address default gateway blank dns1 r w restart IP address primary DNS server blank dns2 r w restart IP address secondary DNS server blank smtp1 r w domain name or IP address string shorter than 40 characters primary SMTP server blank mailto1 r w string shorter than...

Page 58: ...ess string shorter than 40 characters primary FTP server blank ftpport1 r w positive number less than 65535 primary FTP port 21 ftpuser1 r w text string shorter than 63 characters user name for primary FTP server blank ftppass1 r w text string shorter than 15 characters password for primary FTP server blank ftpfolder1 r w text string shorter than 40 characters upload folder in primary FTP server b...

Page 59: ...ort for RTP 5558 audioport r positive number less than 65535 audio Channel port for RTP 5556 accessname r w text string shorter than 20 characters RTSP access name live sdp Group IPFilter NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION allowstart_ 0 9 r w 1 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 Allowed starting RTSP connection IP address 1 0 0 0 allowend_ 0 9 r w 1 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 Allowed ending RTSP connection IP address 255 255 2...

Page 60: ...uter Video resolution 640 x 480 0 monochrome color r w 1 color 0 fix bit rate quality r w 1 fix quantization 1 lowest quality of video 2 lower quality of video 3 normal quality of video 4 higher quality of video quant r w 5 highest quality of video 20000 set bit rate to 20K bps 30000 set bit rate to 30K bps 40000 set bit rate to 40K bps 50000 set bit rate to 50K bps 64000 set bit rate to 64K bps 1...

Page 61: ...20 set maximum frame rate to 20 fps 25 set maximum frame rate to 25 fps maxframe r w 30 for 60Hz only set maximum frame rate to 30 fps 50 synchronize with 50Hz utility mode r w in CMOS version only 60 synchronize with 60Hz utility 0 auto white balance 1 fixed indoor 3200K 2 fixed fluorescent 5500K whitebalance r w in CMOS version only 3 fixed outdoor 5500K 1 flip image flip r w 0 normal image 1 mi...

Page 62: ...7400 set AMR bitrate to 7 4K bps 7950 set AMR bitrate to 7 95K bps 10200 set AMR bitrate to 10 2K bps amrbitrate r w 12200 set AMR bitrate to 12 2K bps Group Image NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION brightness r w 5 5 Adjust brightness of image according to mode settings 0 saturation r w 5 5 Adjust saturation of image according to mode settings 0 contrast r w 5 5 Adjust contrast of image according to mode set...

Page 63: ...n window 0 winobjsize_ 0 2 r w 0 100 Percent of motion detection window 0 winsensitivity_ 0 2 r w 0 100 Sensitivity of motion detection window 0 update w 1 Update the above motion detection settings to take effect Group DDNS NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION enable r w 0 1 Enable or disable the dynamic dns 0 provider r w 1 6 dyndns org dynamic dyndns org custom tzo com dhs org safe100 net dyn interfree it 1 ...

Page 64: ...DESCRIPTION enable r w 0 1 Enable or disable the UPNP presentation service 1 Group UPNPfor NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION enable r w 0 1 Enable or disable the UPNP port forwarding service 0 Group App NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION scriptname r text string shorter than 255 characters File name of script script vssx 0 Disable script enablescript r w 1 Enable script Group Syslog NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 disable remo...

Page 65: ...ername cgi bin admin gen eventd conf cgi snapshot_enable value weekday value time_method value begin_time value end_time value ss_prefix value trigger_type value md_prenum value md_postnum value md_delay value sq_interval value send_method value ftp_suffix value Return HTTP 1 0 200 OK r n Content Type text plain r n Content Length length r n r n depends on method value If method get method set tue...

Page 66: ...ters Snapshot file name prefix for both event and sequential operation motion Set trigger by motion detect trigger_type sequential Snapshot sequentially md_win 0 1 2 The array indicate which motion windows are used md_prenum 1 5 The numbers of snapshot before event md_postnum 1 5 The numbers of snapshot after event md_delay 1 999 The delay seconds for detecting next motion event sq_interval 1 999 ...

Page 67: ...ta Account management Note This request requires administrator privilege Method GET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin admin editaccount cgi method value username name userpass value privilege value privilege value return return page parameter value Description add Add an account to server When using this method username field is necessary It will use default value of other fields if not specifie...

Page 68: ...dify The privilege can be the addition of the following values Ex A user with configure access can be assigned privilege as privilege conf privilege conf configuration privilege return return page Redirect to the page return page after the parameter is assigned The return page can be a full URL path or relative path according the the current path If you omit this parameter it will redirect to an e...

Page 69: ...ege Method GET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin admin configfile cgi Server will return the up to date configuration file Return HTTP 1 0 200 OK r n Content Type text plain r n Content Length configuration file length r n r n configuration data r n Upgrade firmware Note This request requires administrator privilege Method POST Syntax http servername cgi bin admin upgrade cgi ...

Page 70: ...votek com Post data fimage file name return return page r n r n multipart encoded form data Server will accept the upload file named file name to be upgraded the firmware and return with return page if indicated ...

Page 71: ...ine tuning 4 0mm F2 0 Stream MPEG 4 streaming over UDP TCP ir HTTP MPEG 4 multicast streaming Event Management Multiple window video motion detection 1 digital input and 1 digital output Event notification using HTTP SMTP of FTP Audio Supports GSM AMR Supports AAC compression Supports audio mute Bit rate GSM AMR 4 75k 12 2k ACC 15k 128k Security Multi level user access IP address filtering LED ind...

Page 72: ...ohibited Please contact your reseller to purchase additional decoder licenses THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG 4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR i ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG 4 VISUAL STANDARD MPEG 4 VIDEO AND OR ii DECODING MPEG 4 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AN...

Page 73: ...vision reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the seperation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the deale...

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