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Table of Contents

Before You Use This Product......................................................................2

Package Contents ....................................................................................6

Installation .............................................................................................7

Hardware installation..........................................................................7

Software installation...........................................................................8

Initial Access to the Network Camera....................................................9

Check Network Settings ................................................................9

Add Password to prevent Unauthorized Access..................................9

How 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 .......................................................................... 24

Security settings .............................................................................. 25

Network settings.............................................................................. 26

Network type ............................................................................. 26

HTTP ........................................................................................ 27

RTSP Streaming ......................................................................... 27

WLAN Configuration .................................................................... 29

DDNS............................................................................................. 32

Access List ...................................................................................... 33

Summary of Contents for IP7137

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Page 2: ...82 F 886 2 82455532 Product name Wireless Network Camera IP7137 Release Date 2007 10 16 Manual Revision 1 30 Web site www vivotek com Email technical vivotek com sales vivotek com Made in Taiwan Copyright 2000 2007 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 24 Security settings 25 Network...

Page 5: ... Snapshot file name prefix 40 Send out the snapshot while motion detection 40 Sequential operation 41 Method for sending snapshot 41 System log 44 Viewing system parameters 45 Maintenance 46 Appendix 47 A Troubleshooting 47 Status LED 47 Reset and restore 47 B URL commands of the Network Camera 48 Get server parameter values 48 Set server parameter values 49 Available parameters on the server 51 A...

Page 6: ... 5 www vivotek com T 886 2 82455282 F 886 2 82455532 Configuration file 67 Upgrade firmware 67 D Technical specifications 69 ...

Page 7: ... 6 www vivotek com T 886 2 82455282 F 886 2 82455532 Package Contents IP7137 Power adapter Camera stand Software CD Quick installation guide Warranty card ...

Page 8: ...hrough booting process During 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 If it does not connect to Ethernet the Network Camera will try WLAN During the searching and connecting process to the wireless access point or stati...

Page 9: ...ce any access point is found the LED will turn blue to wait for installation If the network environment cannot meet the default settings install Network Camera in Ethernet to proceed with wireless LAN configuration Software installation At the end of the hardware installation users can use Installation Wizard program included in the product CDROM to find the location of the Network Camera There ma...

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: ... 16 www vivotek com re connect url http Network Camera client html Network Camera is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera ...

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...

Page 20: ... 19 www vivotek com speed and adjust the frame rate Start from 30 fps down for best results but not below 15 fps If the image qualities are not improved select a lower bandwidth setting ...

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: ...inistrator 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 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 na...

Page 25: ...me of the PC is displayed as updated Manual Adjust the date and time according to what is entered by the Administrator Notice the format in the related fields while doing the entry 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 se...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...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 28: ...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 29: ... 28 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 30: ...match the channel setting for the selected Access Point In Ad Hoc mode the channel must be manually set to the same channel for each wireless adapter The default channel setting depends on the installed region TX rate This field is for selecting the maximum transmission rate on the network The default setting is auto that is the Network Camera will try to connect to the other wireless device with ...

Page 31: ...haracters 128 bites key length 26 Hex digits or 13 characters Note When 22 3C or 3E are input in network key the key format can t be changed to ASCII format Algorithm Choosing one of the following algorithm for WPA PSK modes TKIP AES Pre shared Key Entering a key in ASCII format The length of the key is 8 63 Some invalid settings may cause the system failing to respond Change the configuration onl...

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Page 33: ...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 34: ...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 35: ... 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 36: ...eck options both if the Network Camera is installed upside down White balance Adjust the value for best color temperature Audio settings mute Audio mute Audio type Select audio codec AAC or GSM AMR and the bit rate url http Network Camera setup audiovideo html ...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ... 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 40: ...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 41: ...the detail setting page Snapshot Enable snapshot Enable Disable snapshot application Weekly schedule Sun Sat Select the days of the week to perform the application Select Always or input the time interval Snapshot file name prefix The prefix name will be added on the file name of the snapshot images Send out the snapshot while motion detection There are three windows for motion detection each can ...

Page 42: ... to the conditions set in the weekly schedule Method for sending snapshot Email This selects the uploading method following the intervals set above The snapshot named prefix yyyymmdd hhmmss jpg will be attached in the email FTP The snapshots 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 e...

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Page 45: ...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 46: ... 45 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 47: ...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 48: ...r network is setup system up Blink blue every second and steady red During the upgrade firmware process Blink blue 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 problems remain after reset re...

Page 49: ...ethod 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 any parameters all the parameters on the server will be returned If you specify only group the parameters of related group will be returned When query parameter values the current parameter value are returned Successful control requ...

Page 50: ...values Note This request require administrator access Method GET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin admin setparam cgi nosync value parameter value parameter value return return page parameter value description group _ name value to assigned Assign value to the parameter group _ name return return page Redirect to the page return page after the parameter is assigned The return page can be a full ...

Page 51: ... 200 OK r n Content Type text html r n Context Length length r n r n parameter pair where parameter pair is parameter value r n parameter pair Only the parameters that you set and readable will be returned Example Set the IP address of server to 192 168 0 123 Request http myserver cgi bin admin setparam cgi Network_IPAddress 192 168 0 123 Response HTTP 1 0 200 OK r n Content Type text html r n Con...

Page 52: ...tically hh mm ss hour minute and second separated by colon keep keep date unchanged time r w auto Using NTP to sync date time automatically ntp r w domain name or IP address NTP server skip to invoke default server timezone r w 12 12 time zone 8 means GMT 8 00 8 updateinterval r w 0 2592000 0 to Disable automatic time adjustment otherwise it means the seconds between NTP automatic update interval ...

Page 53: ...cters change user name blank userpass_ 0 20 r w text string shorter than 14 characters change user s password The UserPass_0 is root s password blank userattr_ 1 20 r conf show user s privilege The privilege can be blank only permit to view live media conf Permit to change server s configuration blank usercount r 1 21 The current account number on the server including root 1 Group Network NAME VAL...

Page 54: ...haracters primary SMTP server blank mailto1 r w string shorter than 80 characters mail recipient address blank mailuser1 r w text string shorter than 63 characters User name of primary smtp server blank mailpass1 r w text string shorter than 15 characters Password of primary smtp server blank smtp2 r w domain name or IP address string shorter than 40 characters secondary SMTP server blank mailto2 ...

Page 55: ... of primary FTP server ftppasvmode1 r w 0 Disable passive mode of primary FTP server ftp2 r w domain name or IP address string shorter than 40 characters secondary FTP server ftpport2 r w positive number less than 65535 secondary FTP port 21 ftpuser2 r w text string shorter than 63 characters user name for secondary FTP server blank ftppass2 r w text string shorter than 15 characters password for ...

Page 56: ...an settings default 0 Infrastructure mode wlmode r w 1 Adhoc mode txrate r w NONE 1M 2M 5 5M 11M 22M for 802 11b NONE 1M 2M 5 5M 11M 6M 9M 12M 18M 24M 36M 48M 54M Auto for 802 11g Transmit rate in Mbps Auto 0 None data encryption 1 WEP data encryption encrypt r w 2 WPA PSK data encryption Open Open mode authmode r w Shared Shared mode keylength r w 64 128 for 802 11g Key length in bits 64 HEX Key1...

Page 57: ...for encryption 0000000000 TKIP TKIP data encryption algorithm for WPA PSK algorithm r w AES AES data encryption algorithm for WPA PSK presharedkey r w text string shorter than 58 characters WPA PSK key for encryption 00000000 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 25...

Page 58: ...solution 176 x 144 160x120 Video resolution 160 x 120 320x240 Video resolution 320 x 240 resolution r w 640x480 for computer 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 3...

Page 59: ... maximum frame rate to 5 fps 10 set maximum frame rate to 10 fps 15 set maximum frame rate to 15 fps 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 ...

Page 60: ...ps 5150 set AMR bitrate to 5 15K bps 5900 set AMR bitrate to 5 9K bps 6700 set AMR bitrate to 6 7K bps 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 saturatio...

Page 61: ...40 Top coordinate of window position 0 winwidth_ 0 2 r w 0 320 Width of motion detection window 0 winheight_ 0 2 r w 0 240 Height of motion detection 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 enab...

Page 62: ...or key to login ddns service provider blank update w 0 1 Update the above ddns settings to take effect Group UPNP NAME VALUE 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 na...

Page 63: ... admin gen new eventd conf cgi prefix_app_index _snapshot_enable value prefix_app_index _weekday value prefix_app_index _time_method value prefix_app_index _begin_time value prefix_app_index _end_time value prefix_app_index _prefix value prefix_app_index _trigger_type value prefix_app_index _md_win value prefix_app_index _md_prenum value prefix_app_index _md_postnum value prefix_app_index _md_dela...

Page 64: ...ex _prefix value prefix_app_index _trigger_type value prefix_app_index _maxsize value prefix_app_index _md_win value prefix_app_index _md_delay value prefix_app_index _sq_interval value prefix_app_index _send_method value prefix_app_index _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 value...

Page 65: ... 60 characters Snapshot Videoclip file name prefix for both event and sequential operation motion Set trigger by motion detect trigger_type sequential Snapshot Videoclip sequentially maxsize 0 500 Video clip max file size 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...

Page 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...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 69: ...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 70: ...30 25 frames at 160x120 Up to 30 25 frames at 320x240 Up to 30 25 frames at 640x480 Camera Specification 1 4 inch color CMOS sensor Resolution 640x480 1 5Lux F2 0 AGC AWB AES Electronic shutter 1 60 1 15000 second Lens Fixed focal with fine tuning 4 0mm F2 0 Audio AAC GSM AMR Microphone Omni directional Frequency 50 16000Hz S N ratio more than 60dB LED indicator Dual color status indicator Dimensi...

Page 71: ...ND COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA LLC SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM AMR NB Standard THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AMR NB STANDARD PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT THE FOLLOWING LICENSORS PATENTS MAY APPLY TELEFONAKIEBOLAGET ERICSSON AB US PAT 6192335 6275798 6029125 6424938 6058359 NOKIA CORPORATION US PAT 5946651 6199035 VOICEAGE CORPORAT...

Page 72: ...l interference to radio or television 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...

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