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User’s Manual

IP8336W

Outdoor Cube

Network Camera

1MP 

 Day & Night 

 Weather-proof 

• 802.11n WLAN

Rev. 1.0

Summary of Contents for IP8336W

Page 1: ...User s Manual IP8336W Outdoor Cube Network Camera 1MP Day Night Weather proof 802 11n WLAN Rev 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...gs 35 System Homepage layout 37 System Logs 40 System Parameters 42 System Maintenance 43 Media Image 47 Media Video 54 Media Video 55 Media Audio 59 Network General settings 60 Network Streaming protocols 67 Network SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol 74 Wireless WLAN 75 Wireless WLAN 77 Security User Account 78 Security HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL 79 Security Access List 86 PT...

Page 3: ...VIVOTEK User s Manual 3 URL Commands for the Network Camera 119 Technical Specifications 200 Technology License Notice 201 Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC 202 ...

Page 4: ...an outstanding 24 hour surveillance solution The IP66 rated housing of the IP8336W enables users to easily build a cost effective IP based system without additional accessories The IP8336W supports the industry standard H 264 compression technology along with MPEG 4 and MJPEG options allowing the user to drastically reduce file sizes and conserve valuable network bandwidth In addition IP8336W is i...

Page 5: ... designed for various applications including video sharing general security surveillance etc The Configuration chapter suggests ways to best utilize the Network Camera and ensure proper operations For creative and professional developers the URL Commands of the Network Camera section serves as a helpful reference to customizing existing homepages or integrating with the current web server Package ...

Page 6: ...tions 1 Steady Red Powered and system booting or network failed 2 Blue LED blinks every 0 15 sec Searching for WPS 3 Green LED blinks every 1 sec Network connected to an AP 4 Green and RED blink consecutively every 0 15 sec Upgrading firmware 5 Steady Blue Operating in camera default AP mode 6 Orange blinks every 0 15 sec Restoring defaults 7 All LED off Powered off IR LEDs behind panel ...

Page 7: ...VIVOTEK User s Manual 7 Reset button WPS button NOTE An antenna comes with the camera Install it by turning clockwise to attach to the connector Bottom View MicroSD SDHC Card Slot ...

Page 8: ...tion method 3 3V Digital input DI DI Ground DI Max voltage 40V Connect a digital input device to the input pins of the camera From the Applications DI and DO page you can let camera report the current signal status as High or Low Open or Ground ed to determine the signal s Normal status during operation ...

Page 9: ...nd install again Reset Press and release the reset button Wait for the Network Camera to reboot Restore Press and hold the recessed reset button until the status LED rapidly blinks Note that all settings will be restored to factory default Upon successful restore the status LED will light constant blue returned to the AP mode Micro SD SDHC Card Capacity This network camera is compliant with Micro ...

Page 10: ... devices such as a sensors and alarm make connections from the digital input connector 2 Connect the power line to the power adaptor DI DI Power Connection 2 When you encounter configuration errors you can press the WPS button for 5 seconds to restore network settings until the LED lights blue The camera will then resume the original AP mode WPS ...

Page 11: ...ind the camera As for IP setting the camera s use of DHCP or static IP is determined by your configuration on the network camera via the web based configuration of firmware The camera s default is DHCP NOTE WPS Button WPS Button Wireless AP 1 WPS may not work if your AP is configured with a hidden SSID 2 If no WPS enabled AP is detected the camera will continue searching for AP for 2 minutes After...

Page 12: ...r with a wireless adaptor Open the internet dialog box by clicking the wireless networks icon on the system tray 2 Right click or double click on the VIVOTEK MAC addr icon The camera name is presented as VIVOTEK the last 4 digits of the camera s MAC address Open a browser session using the camera s default IP 192 168 1 1 If not using the WPS method you can manually configure the camera VIVOTEK 1C ...

Page 13: ...eless AP s SSID and security password to connect to an existing AP You may also use the Search your AP button to locate an AP of your preferrence Click on an AP to make the connection Select the security encryption such as WEP or WPA PSK the algorithm and enter the pre share key Click Save to proceed The camera will then operate in the Client mode ...

Page 14: ...amera You may also install the 32 chan nel recording software from the software CD in a deployment consisting of multiple cam eras For its installation details please refer to its related documents 4 Open the IW2 utility The camera will be assigned with a new IP address Double click on it to start a web session The camera LED will start blinking green by every second ...

Page 15: ...ures have been taken from an iPhone The search may take several seconds 3 Select and connect to a preferred AP VIVOTEK 1C CC 2 Once connected you should connect the camera to another AP You should open a browser enter the camera s default IP 192 168 1 1 in the URL field When connected manually enter the SSID and security code for access to another AP or use the Search your AP function to search fo...

Page 16: ...ouble click on it to start a web session 1 Drill holes on a wall or ceiling 2 Insert the plastic anchors and then mount the camera stand by driving the included screws 3 Close and secure the bottom cover if you opened it 4 Attach the camera by turning it around the threaded mount 5 Adjust the camera s shooting angle and secure the camera to the stand Installing Camera ...

Page 17: ... Camera on the router HTTP port default is 80 secondary HTTP port is 8080 RTSP port default is 554 RTP port for audio default is 5558 RTCP port for audio default is 5559 RTP port for video default is 5556 RTCP port for video default is 5557 If you have changed the port numbers on the Network page please open the ports accordingly on your router For information on how to forward ports on the router...

Page 18: ...uct an analysis of your network environment After your network environment is analyzed please click Next to continue the program 3 The program will search for all VIVOTEK network devices on the same LAN 4 After a brief search the installer window will prompt Click on the MAC and model name that matches the one printed on the product label You can then double click on the address to open a manageme...

Page 19: ...mera should prompt as shown below 2 You should be able to see live video from your camera You may also install the 32 channel recording software from the software CD in a deployment consisting of multiple cameras For its installation details please refer to its related documents ...

Page 20: ...r web browser e g Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox 2 Enter the IP address of the Network Camera in the address field Press Enter 3 The live video will be displayed in your web browser 4 If it is the first time installing the VIVOTEK network camera an information bar will pop up as shown below Follow the instructions to install the required plug in on your computer NOTE For Mozilla Fi...

Page 21: ...tection please refer to Security on page 78 If you see a dialog box indicating that your security settings prohibit running ActiveX Controls please enable the ActiveX Controls for your browser 1 Choose Tools Internet Options Security Custom Level 2 Look for Download signed ActiveX controls select Enable or Prompt Click OK 3 Refresh your web browser then install the ActiveX control Follow the instr...

Page 22: ...ndows SysWOW64 A 32 bit version of IE browser will be installed On Windows 7 the 32 bit explorer browser can be accessed from here C Program Files x86 Internet Explorer iexplore exe IMPORTANT The onscreen Java control can malfunction under the following situations A PC connects to different cameras that are using the same IP address or the same camera running different firmware versions Removing y...

Page 23: ...he live video will be displayed in your player For more information on how to configure the RTSP access name please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 68 for details rtsp 192 168 5 151 554 live sdp 1 Launch the RTSP player you prefer 2 Choose File Open URL A URL dialog box will prompt 3 The address format is rtsp ip_address rtsp_port RTSP streaming access name for a specific video stream VIVOTEK s ne...

Page 24: ...l not be able to use a large video size Please set the video and audio streaming parameters as listed below For more information please refer to Stream settings on page 54 Video Mode MPEG 4 Frame size 176 x 144 Maximum frame rate 5 fps Intra frame period 1S Video quality Constant bit rate 40kbps Audio type GSM AMR 12 2kbps 3 As most ISPs and players only allow RTSP streaming through port number 55...

Page 25: ...simultaneous monitoring and video recording for multiple Network Cameras Please install the recording software then launch the program to add the Network Camera to the Channel list For detailed information about how to use the recording software please refer to the user s manual of the software or download it from http www vivotek com ...

Page 26: ...simultaneously You can select either one for live viewing For more information about multiple streams please refer to page 81 for detailed information Manual Trigger Click to enable disable an event trigger manually Please configure an event setting on Application page before enable this function A total of 3 event settings can be configured For more information about event setting please refer to...

Page 27: ...o cell will resize automatically to fit the monitor Click 100 is to display the original homepage size Click 50 is to resize the homepage to 50 of its original size Click 25 is to resize the homepage to 25 of its original size Live Video Window The following window is displayed when the video mode is set to H 264 MPEG 4 Video Title The video title can be configured For more information please refe...

Page 28: ...he image and choose Save Picture As to save it in JPEG jpg or BMP bmp format Digital Zoom Click and uncheck Disable digital zoom to enable the zoom operation The navigation screen indicates the part of the image being magnified To control the zoom level drag the slider bar To move to a different area you want to magnify drag the navigation screen Pause Pause the transmission of the streaming media...

Page 29: ...k Disable digital zoom to enable the zoom operation The navigation screen indicates the part of the image being magnified To control the zoom level drag the slider bar To move to a different area you want to magnify drag the navigation screen Start MP4 Recording Click this button to record video clips in MP4 file format to your computer Press the Stop MP4 Recording button to end recording When you...

Page 30: ...ng to the server takes up additional bandwidth and the Network Camera allows up to ten simultaneous accesses UDP multicast This protocol allows multicast enabled routers to forward network packets to all clients requesting streaming media This helps to reduce the network transmission load of the Network Camera while serving multiple clients at the same time Note that to utilize this feature the Ne...

Page 31: ...file name Select this option to append the date and time to the end of the file name Local Streaming Buffer Time Due to the unsteady bandwidth flow the live streaming may lag and not be very smoothly If you enable this option the live streaming will be stored on the cache memory of the PC having a web session with the camera for a few seconds before being played on the live viewing window This hel...

Page 32: ...here are multiple from the Selected joystick menu If your joystick is not detected if may be defective 2 Click Calibrate or Configure buttons to configure the joystick related settings If you want to assign Preset actions to your joystick the preset locations should be configured in advance in the Configuration PTZ page If your joystick is not working properly it may need to be calibrated Click th...

Page 33: ... not sure of the locations of each button use the Properties window in the Game Controllers utility Tips 3 Click the Assign button to assign an action to the button You can delete an association by selecting a button number and then click the Delete button Repeat the process until you are done with the configuration of all preferred actions The buttons you define should appear on the button list a...

Page 34: ...yed in Basic Mode If you want to set up advanced functions please click Advanced Mode on the bottom of the configuration list to quickly switch to Advanced Mode In order to simplify the user interface the detailed information will be hidden unless you click to unfold a functional item When you click on the first sub item the detailed information for the first sub item will be displayed when you cl...

Page 35: ...ttings This section explains how to configure the basic settings for the Network Camera such as the host name and system time It is composed of the following two columns System and System Time When finished with the settings on this page click Save at the bottom of the page to enable the settings System Host name Enter a desired name for the Network Camera The text will be displayed at the top of ...

Page 36: ...r can enter the date and time manually Note that the date and time format are yyyy mm dd and hh mm ss Automatic The Network Time Protocol is a protocol which synchronizes computer clocks by periodically querying an NTP Server 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 Update interval Select t...

Page 37: ... shows the homepage using the default settings Hide Powered by VIVOTEK If you check this item it will be removed from the homepage Logo graph Here you can change the logo at the top of your homepage Follow the steps below to upload a new logo 1 Click Custom and the Browse field will appear 2 Select a logo from your files 3 Click Upload to replace the existing logo with a new one 4 Enter a website ...

Page 38: ...r you to choose from The new layout will simultaneously appear in the Preview filed Click Save to enable the settings Font Color of the Video Title Background Color of the Video Area Frame Color Font Color Background Color of the Control Area Font Color of the Configuration Area Background Color of the Configuration Area Preset patterns ...

Page 39: ...ant to change the color on the right column 3 The palette window will pop up as shown below 4 Drag the slider bar and click on a spot on the left square to select a desired color 5 The selected color will be displayed in the corresponding fields and in the Preview column 6 Click Save to enable the settings 1 2 3 4 Color Selector Custom Pattern ...

Page 40: ...mote server 3 When completed click Save to enable the setting You can configure the Network Camera to send the system log file to a remote server as a log backup Before utilizing this feature it is suggested that the user install a log recording tool to receive system log messages from the Network Camera An example is Kiwi Syslog Daemon Visit http www kiwisyslog com kiwi syslog daemon overview Sys...

Page 41: ... Short message Email GSM Modem HTTP PTZ Digital output You can install the included ST7501 recording software which provides an Event Management function group for delivering event messages via emails GSM short messages onscreen event panel or to trigger an alarm etc For more information refer to the ST7501 User Manual ...

Page 42: ...ministrators in a chronological order The access log is stored in the Network Camera s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain limit System Parameters Advanced Mode The View Parameters page lists the entire system s parameters If you need technical assistance please provide the information listed on this page ...

Page 43: ...ill see Reboot system now This connection will close After that re access the Network Camera The following message is displayed when the upgrade has succeeded The following message is displayed when you have selected an incorrect firmware file General settings Reboot This feature allows you to reboot the Network Camera which takes about one minute to complete When completed the live video page wil...

Page 44: ...elected all settings will be restored to factory default The following message is displayed during the restoring process Import Export files Advanced Mode This feature allows you to Export Update daylight saving time rules custom language file configuration file and server status report Export daylight saving time configuration file Click to set the start and end time of DST Daylight Saving Follow...

Page 45: ...e In the example below DST begins each year at 2 00 a m on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2 00 a m on the first Sunday in November Update daylight saving time rules Click Browse and specify the XML file to update If the incorrect date and time are assigned you will see the following warning message when uploading the file to the Network Camera ...

Page 46: ...ration file Click to export all parameters for the device and user defined scripts Update configuration file Click Browse to update a configuration file Please note that the model and firmware version of the device should be the same as the configuration file If you have set up a fixed IP or other special settings for your device it is not suggested to update a configuration file Export server sta...

Page 47: ...e the live viewing window and the maximum zoom in will be up to 4 times Video Title Title and Time Video 17 08 56 2012 06 09 2012 06 09 17 08 56 X2 1 Zoom Factor Color Select to display color or black white video streams Power line frequency Set the power line frequency consistent with local utility settings to eliminate image flickering associated with fluorescent lights Note that after the power...

Page 48: ...ching the sensor so that the colors will not be distorted Night mode In night mode the Network Camera switches off the IR cut filter at all times for the sensor to accept infrared light thus helping to improve low light sensitivity Synchronize with digital input The Network Camera automatically removes the IR cut filter when DI is triggered Some external housing may come with its light sensor and ...

Page 49: ... is being measured Image Adjustment Brightness Adjust the image brightness level which ranges from 5 to 5 Contrast Adjust the image contrast level which ranges from 5 to 5 Saturation Adjust the image saturation level which ranges from 0 to 100 Sharpness Adjust the image sharpness level which ranges from 0 to 100 Enable low light compensation Select this option in low light mode and the values of s...

Page 50: ...easurement window Exposure level Exposure time and Gain control settings Detailed configurations will be automatically adjusted since the sensor library will automatically adjust the value according to the ambient light Sensor Setting 1 For normal situations Sensor Setting 2 For special situations Activated period Select the period of time this profile setting will apply to Please manually enter a...

Page 51: ...g on images because of the fast shutter movement When selected the exposure time will be forced to stay longer than 1 120 second Exposure time The Exposure time allows tuning for more or less light to enter the lens The configurable value ranges from 1 32000 to 1 5 of a second An optimum shutter speed should be maintained as long as the light level of the scene permits Gain control Tune the slider...

Page 52: ... Activated period Select the period of time this profile setting will apply to Please manually enter a range of time in a day fune the Measurement window and Exposure control settings and then check Save for the configuration to take effect Please follow the steps below to setup a profile 1 Check Enable and apply this profile to 2 Enter a range of time 3 Configure Exposure control settings in the ...

Page 53: ... cursor to size and drag drop the window which is recommended to be at least twice the size of the object height and width you want to cover 3 Enter a Window Name and click Save to enable the setting 4 Click on the Enable privacy mask checkbox to enable this function Up to 5 privacy mask windows can be set up on the same screen If you want to delete the privacy mask window please click the x mark ...

Page 54: ...e Output Frame Size for stream 1 If you prefer not to stream the full image the sensor can capture you can designate a smaller region of interest Please follow the steps below to set up those settings for a stream 1 Select a stream for which you want to set up the viewing region 2 Select a Region of Interest from the drop down list The floating frame the same as the one in the Gloabl View window o...

Page 55: ...click Close to exit the window The selected Output Frame Size will immediately be applied to the Frame size of each video stream Then you can go back to the home page to test the e PTZ function For more information about the e PTZ function please refer to page 89 Region of Interest Viewing Region Output Frame Size Size of the Live View Window X2 1 Region of Interest Output frame size Stream 1 1280...

Page 56: ...ple set a smaller frame size and lower bit rate for remote viewing on mobile phones and a larger video size and a higher bit rate for live viewing on web browsers Note that a larger frame size takes up more bandwidth Maximum frame rate This limits the maximum refresh frame rate per second Set the frame rate higher for smoother video quality and for recognizing moving objects in the field of view I...

Page 57: ...lting in mutable video quality performance The bit rates are selectable at the following rates 20Kbps 30Kbps 40Kbps 50Kbps 64Kbps 128Kbps 256Kbps 512Kbps 768Kbps 1Mbps 2Mbps 3Mbps 4Mbps 6Mbps and 8Mbps You can also select Customize and manually enter a value The camera automatically adjusts the size of video streaming packets to keep it under the specified limitation Fixed quality On the other han...

Page 58: ...imum frame rate This limits the maximum refresh frame rate per second Set the frame rate higher for smoother video quality If the power line frequency is set to 50Hz the frame rates are selectable at 1fps 2fps 3fps 5fps 8fps 10fps 15fps 20fps and 25fps If the power line frequency is set to 60Hz the frame rates are selectable at 1fps 2fps 3fps 5fps 8fps 10fps 15fps 20fps 25fps and 30fps You can als...

Page 59: ...n the Client Settings page In that case the following message is displayed Internal microphone input gain Select the gain of the external audio input according to ambient conditions by dragging the pointer on the slide bar Audio type Advanced Mode G 711 provides good sound quality and requires about 64Kbps Select pcmu μ Law or pcma A Law mode When completed with the settings on this page click Sav...

Page 60: ...e the camera is connected to the LAN Use fixed IP address Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the Network Camera 1 You can make use of VIVOTEK Installation Wizard 2 on the software CD to easily set up the Network Camera on LAN Please refer to Software Installation on page 18 for details 2 Enter the Static IP Subnet mask Default router and Primary DNS provided by your ISP o...

Page 61: ...of connected Network Cameras will be listed in My Network Places You can click the shortcut to link to the web browser Currently UPnPTM is supported by Windows XP or later Note that to utilize this feature please make sure the UPnPTM component is installed on your computer Enable UPnP port forwarding UPnP port forwarding or NAT traversal automatically configures port mapping in a NAT router To all...

Page 62: ...ge Error Router does not support UPnP port forwarding Steps to enable the UPnPTM user interface on your computer Note that you must log on to the computer as a system administrator to install the UPnPTM components 1 Go to Start click Control Panel then click Add or Remove Programs 2 In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box click Add Remove Windows Components 3 In the Windows Components Wizard dial...

Page 63: ...ces Enabling UPnP port forwarding allows the Network Camera to open a secondary HTTP port on the router not HTTP port meaning that you have to add the secondary HTTP port number to the Network Camera s public address in order to access the Network Camera from the Internet For example when the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is set to 8080 refer to the list below for the Network ...

Page 64: ... above When IPv6 is enabled by default the network camera will listen to router advertisements and be assigned with a link local IPv6 address accordingly IPv6 Information Click this button to obtain the IPv6 information as shown below If your IPv6 settings are successful the IPv6 address list will be listed in the pop up window The IPv6 address will be displayed as follows Link global IPv6 address...

Page 65: ...s format Please refer to HTTP streaming on page 67 for detailed information If you choose PPPoE as the Network Type the PPP0 address will be displayed in the IPv6 information column as shown below Manually setup the IP address Select this option to manually set up IPv6 settings if your network environment does not have DHCPv6 server and router advertisements enabled routers If you check this item ...

Page 66: ...ther port number between 1025 and 65535 FTP port The FTP server allows the user to save recorded video clips You can utilize VIVOTEK s Installation Wizard 2 to upgrade the firmware via FTP server By default the FTP port is set to 21 The FTP port can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535 ...

Page 67: ...ween 1025 and 65535 If the ports are incorrectly assigned the following warning messages will be displayed To access the Network Camera on the LAN both the HTTP port and secondary HTTP port can be used to access the Network Camera For example when the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is set to 8080 refer to the list below for the Network Camera s IP address Access name for stream...

Page 68: ...TE Microsoft Internet Explorer does not support server push technology therefore You will not be able to use the server push method to access an MJPEG stream as described above Users can only use URL commands to request the stream 5 For more information about URL commands please refer to page 119 RTSP Streaming To utilize RTSP streaming authentication make sure that you have set a password for the...

Page 69: ...m 1 is set to live sdp 1 Launch an RTSP player 2 Choose File Open URL A URL dialog box will pop up 3 Type the above URL command in the text box 4 The live video will be displayed in your player as shown below RTSP port RTP port for video audio RTCP port for video audio RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol controls the delivery of streaming media By default the port number is set to 554 The RTP Real t...

Page 70: ...width The port numbers can be changed to values between 1025 and 65535 The multicast RTP port must be an even number and the multicast RTCP port number is the multicast RTP port number plus one and thus is always odd When the multicast RTP port changes the multicast RTCP port will change accordingly If the multicast RTP video ports are incorrectly assigned the following warning message will be dis...

Page 71: ...MAC address This service will check out if the host name is valid and automatically open a port on your router Unlike DDNS the user has to manually check out UPnP port forwarding Express Link is more convenient and easy to set up Please follow the steps below to enable Express Link 1 Make sure that your router supports UPnP port forwarding and it is activated 2 Check Enable express link 3 Enter a ...

Page 72: ...ore utilizing this function please apply for a dynamic domain account first Safe100 net 1 In the DDNS column select Safe100 net from the drop down list Click I accept after reviewing the terms of the Service Agreement 2 In the Register column fill in the Host name xxxx safe100 net Email Key and Confirm Key and click Register After a host name has been successfully created a success message will be...

Page 73: ...n the Host name Email Key and Confirm Key then click Register After a host name has been successfully created you will see a success message in the DDNS Registration Result column 3 Click Copy and all for the registered information will be uploaded to the corresponding fields in the DDNS column 4 Select Enable DDNS and click Save to enable the setting Forget key Click this button if you have forgo...

Page 74: ...device A network node on a managed network For example routers switches bridges hubs computer hosts printers IP telephones network cameras web server and database Before configuring SNMP settings on the this page please enable your NMS first SNMP Configuration Enable SNMPv1 SNMPv2c Select this option and enter the names of Read Write community and Read Only community according to your NMS settings...

Page 75: ...entifies a wireless network Access Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN Wireless Local Area Network must use the same SSID The default setting is default Note The maximum length for an SSID is 32 single byte characters and cannot consist of or blank spaces Note that the SSID is case sensitive Security Select the data encrypt method There are four types including non...

Page 76: ...its The default setting is 64 bits Key format Hexadecimal or ASCII The fault setting is HEX HEX digits consist of the numbers 0 9 and the letters A F ASCII is a code for representing English letters as numbers from 0 127 except and the space character which are reserved Network Key Enter a key in either hexadecimal or ASCII format You can select different key lengths the acceptable input lengths a...

Page 77: ...VIVOTEK User s Manual 77 Wireless WLAN Use the Activate button when you also activate the WPS function on a wireless AP to establish a new connection ...

Page 78: ...ve the ability to control the Network Camera through the main page Please refer to user privilege Configuration on page 78 Allow anonymous viewing If you check this item any client can access the live stream without entering a User ID and Password Account Management Administrators can add up to 20 user accounts 1 Input the new user s name and password 2 Select the privilege level for the new user ...

Page 79: ...tion with the Network Camera a Certificate must be created first There are three ways to create and install a certificate Create self signed certificate 1 Select this option from a pull down menu 2 In the first column select Enable HTTPS secure connection then select a connection option HTTP HTTPS or HTTPS only 3 Click Create certificate to generate a certificate 4 The Certificate Information will...

Page 80: ...ted connection 6 If your web session does not automatically change to an encrypted HTTPS session click Home to return to the main page Change the URL address from http to https in the address bar and press Enter on your keyboard Some Security Alert dialogs will pop up Click OK or Yes to enable HTTPS https 192 168 5 151 index html https ...

Page 81: ...ate certificate to proceed 3 The following information will show up in a pop up window after clicking Create Then click Save to generate the certificate request 4 The Certificate request window will prompt If you see the following Information bar click OK and click on the Information bar at the top of the page to allow pop ups ...

Page 82: ...py the certificate request from your request prompt and paste it in the CA s signing request window Proceed with the rest of the process as CA s instructions on their webpage 6 Once completed your SSL certificate should be delivered to you via an email or other means Copy the contents of the certificate in the email and paste it in a text HTML hex editor converter such as IDM Computer Solutions Ul...

Page 83: ... User s Manual 83 7 Open a new edit paste the certificate contents and press ENTER at the end of the contents to add an empty line 8 Convert file format from DOS to UNIX Open File menu Conversions DOS to Unix ...

Page 84: ...ual 9 Save the edit using the crt extension using a file name like CAcert crt 10 Return to the original firmware session use the Browse button to locate the crt certificate file and click Upload to enable the certification ...

Page 85: ...been created and installed before you can click on the Save button for the configuration to take effect 12 To begin an encrypted HTTPS session click Home to return to the main page Change the URL address from http to https in the address bar and press Enter on your keyboard Some Security Alert dialogs will pop up Click OK or Yes to enable HTTPS ...

Page 86: ...psed time How much time the client has been at the webpage User ID If the administrator has set a password for the webpage the clients have to enter a user name and password to access the live video The user name will be displayed in the User ID column If the administrator allows clients to link to the webpage without a user name and password the User ID column will be empty There are some situati...

Page 87: ...xplorer or Quick Time Player Enable access list filtering Check this item and click Save if you want to enable the access list filtering function Filter Filter type Select Allow or Deny as the filter type If you choose Allow Type only those clients whose IP addresses are on the Access List below can access the Network Camera and the others cannot access On the contrary if you choose Deny Type thos...

Page 88: ...sses to the Allow Deny List Note This rule is only applied to IPv4 For example Administrator IP address Always allow the IP address to access this device You can check this item and add the Administrator s IP address in this field to make sure the Administrator can always connect to the device IP addresses 192 168 2 x will be bolcked There are three types of rules Single This rule allows the user ...

Page 89: ...an the camera s maximum output frame size Advanced Mode Digital PTZ Operation E PTZ Operation Select Stream Select the stream 1 to set up the e PTZ control Please note that only stream 1 can possess its own preset and patrol settings For detailed information about how to set up preset and patrol settings please refer to page 89 Auto pan patrol speed Select the speed from 1 5 slow fast to set up th...

Page 90: ...g region The live view window will also move to the viewing region accordingly Moving Instantly If you check this item the live view window will switch to the new viewing region instantly after you move the floating frame If not selected the process moving from one spot to another will not be shown during the process Click on Image The e PTZ function also supports Click on Image When you click on ...

Page 91: ...ations list 3 Set the Dwelling time for the preset location during auto patrol 4 If you want to delete a preset location from the Patrol locations list select it and click Remove 5 Select a location and click to rearrange the patrol order 6 Select patrol locations you want to save in the list and click Save to enable the patrol settings 7 To implement the patrol schedule please go to homepage and ...

Page 92: ...ol along the selected positions repeatedly Please refer to page 91 to see more details Home page in the e PTZ Mode The Preset positions will also be displayed on the home page Select one from the Go to drop down list and the Network Camera will move to the selected preset position Patrol button Click this button then the Network Camera will patrol among the selected preset positions continuously 2...

Page 93: ...ent is triggered you can specify what type of action that will be performed You can configure the Network Camera to send snapshots or videos to your email address or FTP site Advanced Mode Event To set an event with recorded video or snapshots it is necessary to configure the server and media settings so that the Network Camera will know what action to take such as which server to send the media f...

Page 94: ...vices There are several choices of trigger sources as shown on next page Select the item to display the detailed configuration options Video motion detection This option makes use of the built in motion detection mechanism as a trigger source To enable this function you need to configure a Motion Detection Window first For more information please refer to Motion Detection on page 106 for details P...

Page 95: ...igger This option allows users to enable event triggers manually by clicking the on off button on the homepage Please configure 1 to 3 associated events before using this function 3 Action Define the actions to be performed by the Network Camera when a trigger is activated Backup media if the network is disconnected Select this option to backup media file on SD card if the network is disconnected ...

Page 96: ...Select the item to display the detailed configuration options You can configure either one or all of them Server type Email Select to send the media files via email when a trigger is activated Server name Enter a name for the server setting Sender email address Enter the email address of the sender Recipient email address Enter the email address of the recipient Server address Enter the domain nam...

Page 97: ...ver again Server type FTP Select to send the media files to an FTP server when a trigger is activated Server name Enter a name for the server setting Server address Enter the domain name or IP address of the FTP server Server port By default the FTP server port is set to 21 It can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535 User name Enter the login name of the FTP account Passw...

Page 98: ... window as shown below If successful you will also receive a test txt file on the FTP server Click Save server to enable the settings Server type HTTP Select to send the media files to an HTTP server when a trigger is activated Server name Enter a name for the server setting URL Enter the URL of the HTTP server User name Enter the user name if necessary Password Enter the password if necessary To ...

Page 99: ... the View button of SD card a Local storage page will pop up for you to manage recorded files on SD card For more information about Local storage please refer to page 115 If you click the View button of Network storage a file directory window will pop up for you to view recorded data on Network storage For detailed illustration please refer to the next page Create folders by date time and hour aut...

Page 100: ...orded data Click to go back to the previous level of the directory The format is HH 24r Click to open the file list for that hour The format is File name prefix Minute mm You can set up the file name prefix on Add media page Please refer to next page for detailed information 2011 02 20 2011 02 20 2011 02 20 2011 02 20 ...

Page 101: ...ke snapshots from stream 1 2 Send pre event images The Network Camera has a buffer area it temporarily holds data up to a certain limit Enter a number to decide how many images to capture before a trigger is activated Up to 7 images can be generated Send post event images Enter a number to decide how many images to capture after a trigger is activated Up to 7 images can be generated For example if...

Page 102: ...lect the source of video clip Pre event recording The Network Camera has a buffer area it temporarily holds data up to a certain limit Enter a number to decide the duration of recording before a trigger is activated Up to 9 seconds can be set Maximum duration Specify the maximum recording duration in seconds Up to 10 seconds can be set For example if pre event recording is set to five seconds and ...

Page 103: ...ppended to the front of the file name For example Click Save media to enable the settings Media type System log Select to send a system log when a trigger is activated Click Save media to enable the settings then click Close to exit the page Video_20101213_100341 Date and time suffix The format is YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS File name prefix ...

Page 104: ...age below When the Event Status is ON once an event is triggered by motion detection the Network Camera will automatically send snapshots via e mail If you want to stop the event trigger you can click ON to turn it to OFF status or click Delete to remove the event setting To remove a server setting from the list select a server name from the drop down list and click Delete Note that you can only d...

Page 105: ...our time on configuring the settings Please note that there is a limited number of customized scripts you can upload if the current amount of customized scripts has reached the limit an alert message will prompt If you need more information please contact VIVOTEK technical support Click to upload a file Click to modify the script online ...

Page 106: ...by moving the Sensitivity and Percentage slider bar 4 Click Save to enable the settings 5 Select Enable motion detection to enable this function For example The Percentage Indicator will rise or fall depending on the variation between sequential images When motions are detected by the Network Camera and are judged to exceed the defined threshold the red bar rises Meanwhile the motion detection win...

Page 107: ... page as well Please follow the steps beolw to set up a profile and additional motion detectio windows in it 1 Create a new motion detection window 2 Check Enable this profile 3 Select the applicable span of time in the Schedule mode Please manually enter a time range if you choose Schedule mode 4 Click Save to enable the settings and click Close to exit the page This motion detection window will ...

Page 108: ... slight movements while smaller sensitivity settings will neglect them When the sensitivity is set to 70 the Network Camera defines the pixels in the purple areas as alerted pixels frame D Percentage is a value that expresses the proportion of alerted pixels to all pixels in the motion detection window In this case 50 of pixels are identified as alerted pixels When the percentage is set to 30 the ...

Page 109: ...ecting incidents such as redirection blocking or defocusing or even spray paint Please follow the steps below to set up the camera tamper detection function 1 Check Enable camera tampering detection 2 Enter the tamper trigger duration 10 sec 10 min The tamper alarm will be triggered only when the tampering factor the difference between current frame and pre saved background exceeds the trigger thr...

Page 110: ...g setting window On this page you can define the adaptive recording recording source recording schedule and recording capacity A total of 2 recording settings can be configured Recording name Enter a name for the recording setting Enable this recording Select this option to enable video recording With adaptive recording Selecting this option will activate the frame rate control according to alarm ...

Page 111: ...me rate streaming data otherwise it will only request the I frame data during normal monitoring thus effectively save lots of bandwidth and storage space Please follow the steps below to set up the recording 1 Trigger Select a trigger source Schedule The server will start to record files on the local storage or a networked storage NAS Network fail Since network fail the server will start to record...

Page 112: ...igured a NAS server click Add NAS server to open the server setting window and follow the steps below to set up 1 Fill in the information for your server For example 2 Click Test to check the setting The result will be shown in the pop up window 1 3 Network storage path server name or IP address folder name User name and password for your server 2 4 ...

Page 113: ...e limit must be larger than the reserved amount for cyclic recording File name prefix Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the file name Enable cyclic recording If you check this item when the maximum capacity is reached the oldest file will be overwritten by the latest one The reserved amount is reserved for the transaction stage when the storage space is about to be full and new ...

Page 114: ...ngs Please refer to Event Event settings on page 93 for more details When completed select Enable this recording Click Save to enable the setting and click Close to exit this page When the system begins recording it will send the recorded files to the network storage The new recording name will appear in the drop down list on the recording page as shown below To remove a recording setting from the...

Page 115: ...er to format the SD card when using for the first time SD card control Enable cyclic storage Check this item if you want to enable cyclic recording When the maximum capacity is reached the oldest file will be overwritten by the latest one Enable automatic disk cleanup Check this item and enter the number of days you wish to retain a file For example if you enter 7 days the recorded files will be s...

Page 116: ...ords This column allows the user to set up search criteria for recorded data If you do not select any criteria and click Search button all recorded data will be listed in the Search Results column File attributes Select one or more items as your search criteria Trigger time Manually enter the time range you want to search Click Search and the recorded data corresponding to the search criteria will...

Page 117: ...hlight the selected item in purple as shown above Click the View button and a media window will pop up to play back the selected file For example Click to adjust the image size Download Click on a search result to highlight the selected item in purple as shown above Then click the Download button and a file download window will pop up for you to save the file JPEGs to AVI This functions only appli...

Page 118: ...then click this button The selected items will become Locked which will not be deleted during cyclic recording You can click again to unlock the selections For example Remove Select the desired search results then click this button to delete the files Click to switch pages ...

Page 119: ...or the server denoted with servername in the URL syntax description below that is replaced with the string myserver in the URL syntax example further down in the page URL syntax is denoted with the word Syntax written in bold face followed by a box with the referenced syntax as shown below For example name of the server is written as servername and is intended to be replaced with the name of the a...

Page 120: ...tten exactly as they are named in the camera or video server The CGIs are organized in functionally related directories under the cgi bin directory The file extension cgi is required Syntax http servername cgi bin subdir subdir cgi ext parameter value parameter value Example Set digital output 1 to active http mywebserver cgi bin dido setdo cgi do1 1 ...

Page 121: ...ontrol DI DO PTZ of the camera 4 operator anonymous viewer dido camctrl operator Operator access rights can modify most of the camera s parameters except some privileges and network options 6 admin anonymous viewer dido camctrl operator admin Administrator access rights can fully control the camera s operations 7 N A Internal parameters Unable to be changed by any external interfaces ...

Page 122: ...up _ name If you do not specify any parameters all the parameters on the server will be returned If you specify only group the parameters of the related group will be returned When querying parameter values the current parameter values are returned A successful control request returns parameter pairs as follows Return HTTP 1 0 200 OK r n Content Type text html r n Context Length length r n r n par...

Page 123: ...VIVOTEK User s Manual 123 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 ...

Page 124: ...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 URL path or relative path according to the current path If you omit this parameter it will redirect to an empty page Note The return page can be a general HTML...

Page 125: ...ble 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 Context Length 33 r n r n network_ipaddress 192 168 0 123 r n ...

Page 126: ... to a domain name shorter than n characters eg www ibm com email address n A string limited to an email address shorter than n characters eg joe www ibm com ip address A string limited to an IP address eg 192 168 1 1 mac address A string limited to contain a MAC address without hyphens or colons boolean A boolean value of 1 or 0 represents Yes or No True or False Enable or Disable value1 value2 va...

Page 127: ... auto to use NTP to synchronize date time hh mm ss keep auto current time 6 6 Current time of the system Set to keep to keep time unchanged Set to auto to use NTP to synchronize time datetime MMDDhhm mYYYY ss current time 6 6 Another current time format of the system ntp domain name ip address blank blank 6 6 NTP server Do not use skip to invoke default server for default value timezoneindex 489 5...

Page 128: ...0 Brasilia Buenos Aires Georgetown Greenland 80 GMT 02 00 Mid Atlantic 40 GMT 01 00 Azores Cape_Verde_IS 0 GMT Casablanca Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London 40 GMT 01 00 Amsterdam Berlin Rome Stockholm Vienna Madrid Paris 41 GMT 01 00 Warsaw Budapest Bern 80 GMT 02 00 Athens Helsinki Istanbul Riga 81 GMT 02 00 Cairo 82 GMT 02 00 Lebanon Minsk 83 GMT 02 00 Israel 120 GMT 03 00 Baghd...

Page 129: ...o Seoul Yakutsk 380 GMT 09 30 Adelaide Darwin 400 GMT 10 00 Brisbane Canberra Melbourne Sydney Guam Vladivostok 440 GMT 11 00 Magadan Solomon Is New Caledonia 480 GMT 12 00 Aucklan Wellington Fiji Kamchatka Marshall Is 520 GMT 13 00 Nuku Alofa daylight_enabl e boolean 0 6 6 Enable automatic daylight saving time in time zone daylight_auto_ begintime string 19 NONE 6 7 Display the current daylight s...

Page 130: ...storeexceptn et Any value N A 7 6 Restore the system parameters to default values except ipaddress subnet router dns1 dns2 pppoe This command can cooperate with other restoreexceptXYZ commands When cooperating with others the system parameters will be restored to the default value except for a union of the combined results restoreexceptd st Any value N A 7 6 Restore the system parameters to defaul...

Page 131: ...ame string 40 IP8336W 0 7 Internal model name of the server eg IP7139 extendedmodelname string 40 IP8336W 0 7 ODM specific model name of server eg DCS 5610 If it is not an ODM model this field will be equal to modelname serialnumber mac address product mac address 0 7 12 characters MAC address without hyphens firmwareversion string 40 product dependent 0 7 Firmware version including model company ...

Page 132: ... Active triggered capability ndi 0 onlinenum_rtsp integer 0 6 7 Current number of RTSP connections onlinenum_httppush integer 0 6 7 Current number of HTTP push server connections eth_i0 string blank 1 7 Get network information from mii tool vi_i 0 nvi 1 product dependent boolean 0 1 7 Virtual input 0 Inactive 1 Active capability nvi 0 7 3 digital input behavior define Group di_i 0 ndi 1 capability...

Page 133: ...Indicate which privileges and above can control digital output capability ndo 0 privilege_camctrl view operator admin view 1 6 Indicate which privileges and above can control PTZ capability ptzenabled 0 or capability eptz 0 user_i0_name string 64 root 6 7 User name of root user_i 1 20 _name string 64 blank 6 7 User name user_i0_pass password 64 blank 6 6 Root password user_i 1 20 _pass password 64...

Page 134: ...tly Otherwise the service may fail Stopped service will auto start after changing port settings Ex Change HTTP port from 80 to 5556 and change RTP port for video from 5556 to 20480 Then set preprocess 9 to stop both service first cgi bin admin setparam cgi network_preprocess 9 network_http_port 5556 network_rtp_videoport 20480 type lan lan 6 6 Network connection type resetip boolean 1 6 6 1 Get ip...

Page 135: ...AME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION enable boolean 0 6 6 Enable IPv6 addonipaddress ip address blank 6 6 IPv6 IP address addonprefixlen 0 128 64 6 6 IPv6 prefix length addonrouter ip address blank 6 6 IPv6 router address addondns ip address blank 6 6 IPv6 DNS address allowoptional boolean 0 6 6 Allow manually setup of IP address setting 7 6 4 FTP Subgroup of network ftp NAME VALUE DEFAU...

Page 136: ...mjpg 1 6 HTTP server push access name for stream 1 capability protocol spush_mjpeg 1 and capability nmediastream 0 s1_accessname string 32 video2 mjpg 1 6 HTTP server push access name for stream 2 capability protocol spush_mjpeg 1 and capability nmediastream 1 anonymousviewing boolean 0 1 6 Enable anoymous streaming viewing 7 6 6 HTTPS port Subgroup of network https_port capability protocol https ...

Page 137: ... 1 and capability nmediastream 0 s1_accessname string 32 live2 sdp 1 6 RTSP access name for stream2 capability protocol rtsp 1 and capability nmediastream 1 7 6 7 1 RTSP multicast Subgroup of network_rtsp_s 0 n 1 multicast n is stream count capability protocol rtp multicast 0 NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION alwaysmulticast boolean 0 4 4 Enable always multicast ipaddress ip address ...

Page 138: ...ast 1 audioport 1025 65535 5558 6 6 Audio channel port for RTP capability protocol rtp_unicast 1 7 7 ipfilter Group ipfilter NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION enable boolean 0 6 6 Enable access list filtering admin_enable boolean 0 6 6 Enable administrator IP address admin_ip String 43 blank 6 6 Administrator IP address maxconnection 1 10 10 6 6 Maximum number of concurrent streaming...

Page 139: ...Iris enableblc boolean 0 4 4 Enable backlight compensation color 0 1 1 4 4 0 monochrome 1 color flip boolean 0 4 4 Flip the image mirror boolean 0 4 4 Mirror the image ptzstatus integer 2 1 7 A 32 bit integer each bit can be set separately as follows Bit 0 Support camera control function 0 not support 1 support Bit 1 Built in or external camera 0 external 1 built in Bit 2 Support pan operation 0 n...

Page 140: ...o white balance manual indicates keep current value exposurelevel 0 8 4 4 4 Exposure level irismode fixed fixed 4 4 Video Iris mode for DC Iris maxgain 0 100 100 4 4 Manual set maximum gain value mingain 0 100 0 4 4 Manual set minimum gain value color 0 1 1 4 4 0 monochrome 1 color flip boolean 0 4 4 Flip the image mirror boolean 0 4 4 Mirror the image ptzstatus integer 2 1 7 A 32 bit integer each...

Page 141: ...nimum exposure time maxexposure 5 15 25 30 50 60 100 120 240 250 480 500 1000 200 0 4000 8000 1600 0 32000 30 4 4 Maximum exposure time enableblc 0 1 0 4 4 Enable backlight compensation s 0 m 1 _codecty pe mpeg4 mjpeg h264 h264 1 4 Video codec type s 0 m 1 _resoluti on 176 1280 x 144 800 1280x800 1 4 Video resolution in pixels s 0 m 1 _mpeg4_ intraperiod 250 500 1000 2000 3000 4000 1000 4 4 Intra ...

Page 142: ...0 1000 2000 3000 4000 1000 4 4 Intra frame period in milliseconds s 0 m 1 _h264_ra tecontrolmode cbr vbr cbr 4 4 cbr constant bitrate vbr fix quality s 0 m 1 _h264_q uant 1 5 99 100 3 4 4 Quality of video when choosing vbr in ratecontrolmode 99 100 is the customized manual input setting 1 worst quality 5 best quality s 0 m 1 _h264_q percent 1 100 45 4 4 Set quality by percentage 1 Worst quality 10...

Page 143: ...mjpeg_ qpercent 1 100 49 4 4 Set quality by percentage 1 Worst quality 100 Best quality s 0 m 1 _mjpeg_quant 100 s 0 m 1 _forcei 1 N A 7 6 Force I frame maxgain 1 100 100 4 4 Manual set maximum gain value mingain 1 100 0 4 4 Manual set minimum gain value 7 8 1 1 Alternative video input profiles per channel In addition to the primary setting of video input there can be alternative profile video inp...

Page 144: ...5 25 30 50 60 100 120 240 250 480 500 1000 20 00 4000 8000 16 000 32000 32000 4 4 Minimum exposure time maxgain 0 100 100 4 4 Manual set maximum gain value mingain 0 100 0 4 4 Manual set minimum gain value enableblc boolean 0 4 4 Enable backlight compensation whitebalance auto manual auto 4 4 auto indicates auto white balance manual indicates keep current value irismode fixed fixed 4 4 Video Iris ...

Page 145: ... DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION brightness 5 5 5 4 4 Adjust brightness of image according to mode settings saturation 5 5 100 100 4 4 Adjust saturation of image according to mode settings 100 means using the parameter saturationpercent contrast 5 5 0 4 4 Adjust contrast of image according to mode settings sharpness 3 3 100 100 4 4 Adjust sharpness of image according to mode settings 100 mean...

Page 146: ...e settings 100 means using the parameter saturationpercent contrast 5 5 0 4 4 Preview of contrast adjustment of image according to mode settings sharpness 3 3 100 100 4 4 Preview of sharpness adjustment of image according to mode settings 100 means using the parameter sharpnesspercent saturationpercent 0 100 50 4 4 Adjust saturation of image by percentage Less 0 100 More saturation sharpnesspercen...

Page 147: ...5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 61 4 4 Gain of input s 0 m 1 _codectype g711 g711 4 4 Set audio codec type for input s 0 m 1 _g711_mode pcmu pcma pcmu 4 4 Set G 711 mode 7 13 Time Shift settings Group timeshift c for n channel products m is stream number capability timeshift 0 NAME VALUE DEFAUL T SECURIT Y get set DESCRIPTION enable boolean 0 4 4 Enable time shift streaming c 0 n 1 _s 0...

Page 148: ...t 0 240 0 4 4 Height of motion detection window win_i 0 2 _objsize 0 100 0 4 4 Percent of motion detection window win_i 0 2 _sensitivity 0 100 0 4 4 Sensitivity of motion detection window Group motion_c 0 n 1 profile for m profile and n channel product capability nmotionprofile 0 NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION i 0 m 1 _enable boolean 0 4 4 Enable profile 1 m 1 i 0 m 1 _policy day ...

Page 149: ...n window i 0 m 1 _win_i 0 2 _objsize 0 100 0 4 4 Percent of motion detection window i 0 m 1 _win_i 0 2 _sensitivity 0 100 0 4 4 Sensitivity of motion detection window 7 15 Tampering detection settings Group tampering_c 0 n 1 for n channel product capability tampering 0 NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION enable boolean 0 4 4 Enable or disable tamper detection duration 10 600 10 4 4 If ...

Page 150: ...use rnameemail string 64 blank 6 6 Your user name or email to login to the DDNS service provider provider _pas swordkey string 64 blank 6 6 Your password or key to login to the DDNS service provider provider _ser vername string 128 blank 6 6 The server name for safe100 This field only exists if the provider is customsafe100 7 16 1 Express link Group expresslink NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set ...

Page 151: ...ng NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION enable boolean 0 6 6 Enable or disable the UPnP port forwarding service upnpnatstatus 0 3 0 6 7 The status of UPnP port forwarding used internally 0 OK 1 FAIL 2 no IGD router 3 no need for port forwarding 7 19 System log Group syslog NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION enableremotelog boolean 0 6 6 Enable remote log serverip IP address...

Page 152: ...or disable 1 for enable secnamerw string 31 Private 6 6 Read write security name secnamero string 31 Public 6 6 Read only security name authpwrw string 8 128 blank 6 6 Read write authentication password authpwro string 8 128 blank 6 6 Read only authentication password authtyperw MD5 SHA MD5 6 6 Read write authentication type authtypero MD5 SHA MD5 6 6 Read only authentication type encryptpwrw stri...

Page 153: ...fault themes 4 Custom definition theme_color_font string 7 ffffff 1 6 Font color theme_color_configfont string 7 ffffff 1 6 Font color of configuration area theme_color_titlefont string 7 098bd6 1 6 Font color of video title theme_color_controlbackgroun d string 7 565656 1 6 Background color of control area theme_color_configbackground string 7 323232 1 6 Background color of configuration area the...

Page 154: ...ion win_i 0 4 _width 0 320 0 4 4 Width of privacy mask window win_i 0 4 _height 0 240 0 4 4 Height of privacy mask window 7 23 Capability Group capability NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION api_httpversion 0100a 0100a 0 7 The HTTP API version bootuptime positive integer 60 0 7 Server bootup time nir 0 positive integer 1 0 7 Number of IR interfaces Recommand to use ir for built in IR a...

Page 155: ...art 0 positive integer 0 0 7 Number of UART interfaces nmotion 0 positive integer 3 0 7 Number of motion window nmotionprofile 0 positive integer 1 0 7 Number of motion profiles ptzenabled 0 positive integer 0 0 7 An 32 bit integer each bit can be set separately as follows Bit 0 Support camera control function 0 not support 1 support Bit 1 Built in or external camera 0 external 1 built in Bit 2 Su...

Page 156: ...ndicate whether to support HTTP over SSL protocol_rtsp boolean 1 0 7 Indicate whether to support RTSP protocol_sip boolean 0 0 7 Indicate whether to support SIP protocol_maxco nnection positive integer 10 0 7 The maximum allowed simultaneous connections protocol_maxge nconnection positive integer 10 0 7 The maximum general streaming connections protocol_maxm egaconnection positive integer 10 0 7 T...

Page 157: ...30 0 7 Available maximum frame list videoin_codec mpeg4 mjpeg h264 mpeg4 mjpeg h264 0 7 Available codec list videoout_code c a list of the available codec types separated by commas 7 7 0 7 Available codec list audioin_codec g711 g711 0 7 Available codec list for audio input uart_httptunnel boolean 0 0 7 Indicate whether to support HTTP tunnel for UART transfer camctrl_httptun nel boolean 0 0 7 The...

Page 158: ...s WEP wireless_encryp t_wpa boolean 1 0 7 Indicate whether to support wireless WPA wireless_encryp t_wpa2 boolean 1 0 7 Indicate whether to support wireless WPA2 derivative_bran d boolean 1 0 7 Indicate whether to support the upgrade function for the derivative brand For example if the value is true the VVTK product can be upgraded to VVXX TCVV TCXX is excepted evctrlchannel boolean 1 0 7 Indicate...

Page 159: ...7 24 Customized event script Group event_customtaskfile_i 0 2 PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION name string 4 20 blank 6 7 Custom script identification of this entry date string 40 blank 6 7 Date of custom script time string 4 20 blank 6 7 Time of custom script 7 25 Event setting Group event_i 0 2 PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION name string 40 blank 6 6 Iden...

Page 160: ... represents one digital input The LSB indicates DI 0 vi integer 0 6 6 Indicate the source id of vi trigger This field is required when trigger condition is vi One bit represents one digital input The LSB indicates VI 0 mdwin integer 0 6 6 Indicate the source window id of motion detection This field is required when trigger condition is md One bit represents one window The LSB indicates the 1st win...

Page 161: ...tion in low light conditions action_cf_enable 0 1 0 6 6 Enable media write on CF or other local storage media action_cf_folder string 128 blank 6 6 Path to store media action_cf_media blank 0 4 101 blank 6 6 Index of the attached media action_cf_datefolder boolean 0 6 6 Enable this to create folders by date time and hour automatically action_cf_backup boolean 0 6 6 Enable the capability of backing...

Page 162: ... 65535 21 6 6 Port to connect to the server ftp_location string 128 blank 6 6 Location to upload or store the media ftp_passive 0 1 1 6 6 Enable or disable passive mode 0 disable passive mode 1 enable passive mode email_address string 128 blank 6 6 Email server address email_sslmode 0 1 0 6 6 Enable support SSL email_port 0 65535 25 6 6 Port to connect to the server email_username string 64 blank ...

Page 163: ... the prefix of the filename snapshot_datesuffix 0 1 0 6 6 Add date and time suffix to filename 1 Add date and time suffix 0 Do not add snapshot_preevent 0 7 1 6 6 Indicates the number of pre event images snapshot_postevent 0 7 1 6 6 The number of post event images videoclip_source integer 0 6 6 Indicate the source of media stream 0 means the first stream 1 means the second stream and etc 2 means t...

Page 164: ...eam 0 means the first stream 1 means the second stream and so on limitsize 0 1 0 6 6 0 Entire free space mechanism 1 Limit recording size mechanism cyclic 0 1 0 6 6 0 Disable cyclic recording 1 Enable cyclic recording notify 0 1 1 6 6 0 Disable recording notification 1 Enable recording notification notifyserver 0 31 0 6 6 Indicate which notification server is scheduled One bit represents one appli...

Page 165: ... blank 6 6 Indicate the prefix of the filename cyclesize 100 100 6 6 The maximum size for cycle recording in Kbytes when choosing to limit recording size reserveamount 0 15000000 100 6 6 The reserved amount in Mbytes when choosing cyclic recording mechanism dest cf 0 1 2 3 4 blank 6 6 The destination to store the recorded data cf means local storage CF or SD card 0 1 2 3 4 means the index of the n...

Page 166: ... 7 29 HTTPS Group https capability protocol https 0 NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION enable boolean 0 6 6 To enable or disable secure HTTP policy Boolean 0 6 6 If the value is 1 it will force HTTP connection redirect to HTTPS connection method auto manual install auto 6 6 auto Create self signed certificate automatically manual Create self signed certificate manually install Create ...

Page 167: ...ber of storage devices capability storage dbenabled 0 PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION cyclic_enabled boolean 0 6 6 Enable cyclic storage method autocleanup_enabled boolean 0 6 6 Enable automatic clean up method Expired and not locked media files will be deleted autocleanup_maxage positive integer 7 6 6 To specify the expired days for automatic clean up 7 31 Region of interest ...

Page 168: ...etparam cgi autospeed 1 5 1 1 7 Auto pan patrol speed It should be set by eCamCtrl cgi rather than by setparam cgi Group eptz_c 0 n 1 _s 0 m 1 for n channel product and m is the number of streams which support ePTZ capability eptz 0 PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY get set DESCRIPTION patrolseq string 120 blank 1 4 The patrol sequence of ePTZ All the patrol position indexes will be separated by pa...

Page 169: ...VIVOTEK User s Manual 169 preset_i 0 19 _size window size blank 1 7 Width and height of the preset It should be set by ePreset cgi rather than by setparam cgi ...

Page 170: ...0 Inactive normal state 1 Active triggered state Example Drive the digital output 1 to triggered state and redirect to an empty page http myserver cgi bin dido setdo cgi do1 1 8 2 Query Status of the Digital Input capability ndi 0 Note This request requires Viewer privileges Method GET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin dido getdi cgi di0 di1 di2 di3 If no parameter is specified all of the digita...

Page 171: ...0 Note This request requires Viewer privileges Method GET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin dido getdo cgi do0 do1 do2 do3 If no parameter is specified all the digital output statuses will be returned Return HTTP 1 0 200 OK r n Content Type text plain r n Content Length length r n r n do0 state r n do1 state r n do2 state r n do3 state r n where state can be 0 or 1 Example Query the status of di...

Page 172: ...this request will fail PARAMETER VALUE DEFAULT DESCRIPTION channel 0 n 1 0 The channel number of the video source resolution available resolution 0 The resolution of the image quality 1 5 3 The quality of the image streamid 0 m 1 product dependent The stream number The server will return the most up to date snapshot of the selected channel and stream in JPEG format The size and quality of the imag...

Page 173: ...ers are ignored edit Modify the account password and privilege When using this method the username field is necessary and other fields are optional If not specified it will keep the original settings username name The name of the user to add delete or edit userpass value The password of the new user to add or that of the old user to modify The default value is an empty string Privilege value The p...

Page 174: ...00 OK r n Content Type text plain r n Content Length syslog length r n r n system log information r n 8 8 Upgrade Firmware Note This request requires Administrator privileges Method POST Syntax http servername cgi bin admin upgrade cgi Post data fimage file name return return page r n r n multipart encoded form data Server will accept the file named file name to upgrade the firmware and return wit...

Page 175: ...value Click on image Move the center of image to the coordination x y based on resolution or videosize speedpan value speedtilt value speedzoom value speedapp value spee dlink value Set speeds return return page Example http myserver cgi bin camctrl camctrl cgi channel 0 camid 1 move right http myserver cgi bin camctrl camctrl cgi channel 0 camid 1 zoom tele http myserver cgi bin camctrl camctrl c...

Page 176: ...luding 0 The slope of movement vy vx used for joystick control vy integer vs 0 7 0 15 SD81X1 0 45 SD83XX Set the speed of movement 0 means stop x integer x coordinate clicked by user It will be the x coordinate of center after movement y integer y coordinate clicked by user It will be the y coordinate of center after movement videosize window size The size of plug in ActiveX window in web page res...

Page 177: ...camctrl eCamCtrl cgi channel value stream value move value Move home up down left right auto value Auto pan patrol zoom value Zoom in out zooming value zs value Zoom without stopping used for joystick vx value vy value vs value Shift without stopping used for joystick x value y value videosize value resolution value stretch value Click on image Move the center of image to the coordination x y base...

Page 178: ...trol vy integer vs 0 7 Set the speed of movement 0 means stop x integer x coordinate clicked by user It will be the x coordinate of center after movement y integer y coordinate clicked by user It will be the y coordinate of center after movement videosize window size The size of plug in ActiveX window in web page resolution window size The resolution of streaming stretch boolean 0 indicates that i...

Page 179: ...ET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin viewer recall cgi recall value channel value return return page PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION recall Text string less than 30 characters One of the present positions to recall channel 0 n 1 Channel of the video source 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 accor...

Page 180: ...is assigned The return page can be a full URL path or relative path according to the current path 8 13 Preset Locations capability ptzenabled Note This request requires Operator privileges Method GET POST Syntax http servername cgi bin operator preset cgi channel value addpos value delpos value return return page PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION addpos Text string less than 30 characters Add one preset...

Page 181: ...l value stream value addpos value delpos value return return page PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION channel 0 n 1 Channel of the video source stream 0 m 1 Stream addpos Text string less than 40 characters Add one preset location to the preset list delpos Text string less than 40 characters Delete preset location from the preset list return return page Redirect to the page return page after the parameter...

Page 182: ...end parameters are specified it will try to remove the matched IP address If index is specified it will try to remove the address from given index position start end parameters have higher priority then the index parameter deletedeny Remove denied IP address range from server If start and end parameters are specified it will try to remove the matched IP address If index is specified it will try to...

Page 183: ...y Set IP filter type method addv4 Add IPv4 address into access list addv6 Add IPv6 address into access list delv4 Delete IPv4 address from access list delv6 Delete IPv6 address from access list ip IP address Single address IP address Network address IP address network mask Range address start IP address end IP address index value The start position to add or to delete return return page Redirect t...

Page 184: ...kie string 22 content type application x vvtk tunnelled pragma no cache cache control no cache content length 32767 expires Sun 9 Jam 1972 00 00 00 GMT User must use GET and POST to establish two channels for downstream and upstream The x sessioncookie in GET and POST should be the same to be recognized as a pair for one session The contents of upstream should be base64 encoded to be able to pass ...

Page 185: ...ation x vvtk tunnelled pragma no cache cache control no cache content length 32767 expires Sun 9 Jam 1972 00 00 00 GMT User must use GET and POST to establish two channels for downstream and upstream The x sessioncookie in GET and POST should be the same to be recognized as a pair for one session The contents of upstream should be base64 encoded to be able to pass through the proxy server This cha...

Page 186: ... You can get the SDP by HTTP GET When using scalable multicast Get SDP file which contains the multicast information via HTTP 8 19 Open the Network Stream Note This request requires Viewer access privileges Syntax For HTTP push server MJPEG http servername network_http_s 0 m 1 _accessname For RTSP MP4 the user needs to input the URL below into an RTSP compatible player rtsp servername network_rtsp...

Page 187: ... data The hex decimal data is a series of digits from 0 9 A F Each comma separates the commands by 200 milliseconds flush yes no yes Receive data buffer of the COM port will be cleared before read no Do not clear the receive data buffer wait 1 65535 Wait time in milliseconds before read data read 1 128 The data length in bytes to read The read data will be in the return page Return HTTP 1 0 200 OK...

Page 188: ...he integer primary key column will automatically be assigned a unique integer triggerType text Optional Indicate the event trigger type Please embrace your input value with single quotes Ex mediaType motion Support trigger types are product dependent mediaType text Optional Indicate the file media type Please embrace your input value with single quotes Ex mediaType videoclip Support trigger types ...

Page 189: ...earch records offset positive integer Optional Specifies how many rows to skip at the beginning of the matched records Note that the offset keyword is used after limit keyword To increase the flexibility of search command you may use OR connectors for logical OR search operations Moreover to search for a specific time period you can use TO connector Ex To search records triggered by motion or di o...

Page 190: ... elements that can be returned in javascript format i e status totalSize freeSize and usedSize The elements are listed as follows Group stormgr Element name Type Description counts Positive Integer Total number of matched records limit Positive Integer Limit the maximum number of returned search records Could be empty if not specified offset Positive Integer Specifies how many rows to skip at the ...

Page 191: ...lement name Type Description name string Description of specified storage device status ready detached error and readonly The storage device status ready storage is ready for access detached storage is not mounted error failed to open storage device readonly storage is write protected totalSize Positive Integer The overall storage size in kilobytes freeSize Positive Integer The available storage s...

Page 192: ... 12 01 00 triggerTime backup 0 backup i1 stormgr Ex Local storage status in XML format xml version 1 0 encoding ISO 8859 1 stormgr version 0 0 0 1 disk i0 name SDcard name status ready status totalSize 7824444 totalSize freeSize 7824388 freeSize usedSize 56 usedSize i0 disk stormgr Ex Local storage status in javascript format disk_i0_name SDcard disk_i0_status ready disk_i0_totalSize 7824444 disk_...

Page 193: ...rvername cgi bin admin downloadMedias cgi File_Path The File_Path is in queryststus return message Ex http servername cgi bin admin downloadMedias cgi mnt auto CF NCMF 20090310 07 02 mp4 For creating an AVI file by giving a list of JPEG files you can use cgi bin admin jpegtoavi cgi Syntax http servername cgi bin admin jpegtoavi cgi resolution width x height fps num list fileList PARAMETER VALUE DE...

Page 194: ... 200 milliseconds setting it to trigger state Note that when the virtual input is waiting for next state it cannot accept new requests return return page Redirect to the page return page after the request is completely assigned The return page can be a full URL path or relative path according the current path If you omit this parameter it will redirect to an empty page Return Code Description 200 ...

Page 195: ... refti me value forcechk minsft value n is the channel index m is the timeshift stream index For details on timeshift stream please refer to the TimeshiftCaching documents PARAMETER VALUE DEFAULT DESCRIPTION maxsft positive integer 0 Request cached stream at most how many seconds ago tsmode normal adaptive normal Streaming mode normal Full FPS all the time adaptive Default send only I frame for MP...

Page 196: ...rname videoany mjpg codectype mjpeg resolution value mjpeg_quant value mjpeg_qvalue value mjpeg_maxframe value For RTSP MPEG4 the user needs to input the URL below into an RTSP compatible player rtsp servername liveany sdp codectype mpeg4 resolution value mpeg4_intraperiod val ue mpeg4_ratecontrolmode value mpeg4_quant value mpeg4_qvalue value mpeg4 _bitrate value mpeg4_maxframe value For RTSP H26...

Page 197: ...nt bitrate vbr fix quality mpeg4_quant 0 1 5 99 1 5 product dependent 3 Quality of video when choosing vbr in mpeg4_ratecontrolmode 0 99 is the customized manual input setting 1 worst quality 5 best quality product dependent mpeg4_qvalue 1 31 2 31 product dependent 7 product dependent Manual video quality level input This must be present if mpeg4_quant is equal to 0 99 product dependent product de...

Page 198: ...ent h264_bitrate 1000 8000000 1000 4000000 product dependent 512000 product dependent Set bit rate in bps when choosing cbr in h264_ratecontrolmode h264_maxframe 1 25 26 30 only for NTSC or 60Hz CMOS 10 15 product dependent Set maximum frame rate in fps for H264 8 26 Export Files Note This request requires Administrator privileges Method GET Syntax For daylight saving time configuration file http ...

Page 199: ...ame cgi bin admin upload_dst cgi Post data filename file name r n r n multipart encoded form data For language file http servername cgi bin admin upload_lan cgi Post data filename file name r n r n multipart encoded form data For setting backup file http servername cgi bin admin upload_backup cgi Post data filename file name r n r n multipart encoded form data Server will accept the file named fil...

Page 200: ...ate Time stamp text overlay flip mirror Configurable brightness contrast saturation sharpness white balance exposure control gain backlight compensation privacy masks Scheduled profile settings Audio input G 711 Built in microphone 5 meters Users Protocols Interface ONVIF Video Motion Detection Alarm Triggers Alarm Events Connectors LED Indicator Power Input Power Consumption Dimensions Weight Cas...

Page 201: ...NAL INTERNAL AND COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA LLC PLEASE REFER TO 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...

Page 202: ...nt 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 separation 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 dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Shielded inter...

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