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Product name:

Video Server (VS2101)

Release Date:

2005/06/29

Manual Revision:

2.00

Web site:

www.vivotek.com

Email:

[email protected]
[email protected]

Made in Taiwan.

Summary of Contents for VS2101

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Page 2: ...Product name Video Server VS2101 Release Date 2005 06 29 Manual Revision 2 00 Web site www vivotek com Email technical vivotek com sales vivotek com Made in Taiwan Copyright 2000 2005 All rights reser...

Page 3: ...for various environments and can be used to build various applications for general security or demonstration purposes For standard applications find the appropriate section in the Chapter How to Use...

Page 4: ...rver 13 Modem Environment 14 How to Use 23 Authentication 23 Installing Plug in 24 Main Page 25 System Configuration 28 Introduction 28 Setup Wizard 29 Application Wizard 29 Definitions of Configurati...

Page 5: ...58 Appendix 60 A Troubleshooting 60 B Frequently Asked Questions 61 C Upgrade System Firmware 65 D URL Commands of Video Server 66 E Settings of Supported PTZ Cameras 78 F Camera Control Cable 79 G Ti...

Page 6: ...nts If any of the following items are missing please contact your reseller Video Server VS2101 Power adapter I O terminal connector Camera control cable Null modem cable Software CD Quick installation...

Page 7: ...time operating system prevents from malicious hackers and virus that threat Windows or Linux systems The on board watchdog eternally monitors the system operations for dead proof Easy Web access via s...

Page 8: ...asily utilize the existing PC to be a digital video recorder Schedule or one click recording keep every important moment in your local hard disk reliable motion detection and instant warning make you...

Page 9: ...ont Panel BNC video input 75Ohms resistance video port for connecting an external camera To ensure video modulation type being correctly detected cameras should be attached and powered on before the V...

Page 10: ...procedures If the system still cannot operate normally please contact your reseller for technical service Network Interface Condition LED2 Heartbeat LED3 Status before installed OFF OFF after installe...

Page 11: ...cks The general I O terminal block has six pins for device control These pins can be divided into two categories based on their functions including RS485 and digital inputs and outputs If the device c...

Page 12: ...the button pressed the system will perform POST twice rather than the usual once which can be observed from the flashing LEDs After the system flashes the LEDs for the second time withdraw the stick t...

Page 13: ...rnet can provide higher bandwidth to achieve the best performance while dial up network with modem is more common in current Internet applications Refer to the related installation section for your ne...

Page 14: ...ake sure all cables are correctly and firmly connected Before turning on Video Server remember to run Installer program on PC or notebook in the same network first As long as the Reset network at next...

Page 15: ...he initial access to a newly installed Video Server The administrator must change the root password immediately after the initial installation to ensure security The new root password should be well m...

Page 16: ...oth LED s under the power LED will turn on until the dial up connection over null modem is established Installations of both null modem and modem are introduced as follows The null modem mode can be u...

Page 17: ...em mode Modem mode If users have setup a remote dialup server or subscribed to an ISP service Video Server can be configured to dial to the server upon user defined events Otherwise it will wait perma...

Page 18: ...dialing information Refer to the COM section in Definition of Configuration for detailed description Via null modem Install a new modem 1 Open the control panel and double click the modems icon 2 Che...

Page 19: ...to and click on The null modem is now ready for use If no Dial Up adapter exists in the system Windows may automatically prompt to install Press to continue If it does not start automatically double c...

Page 20: ...ew connection 2 Select the device as the newly installed standard 33600 bps modem and click on 3 Just enter arbitrary digits as phone number and click on The phone number here is not important 4 After...

Page 21: ...In the first General page clear Use area code and Dialing Properties option and click on 7 Select 115200 as the speed and click on 8 On the second page only check Enable software compression and TCP I...

Page 22: ...he letters in the serial number should be capital form For example type A instead of a After some negotiation prompts a connection status window will show the speed is 115200 bps After connection is e...

Page 23: ...anging the password the browser will display the authentication window again to confirm the new password Manage user privilege Administrators can add up to twenty user profiles in the Security option...

Page 24: ...ing successfully start the Web browser and connect to http 200 1 1 1 In this case Video Server runs as a dial up server and assigns the IP address of 200 1 1 100 to the PC at the other end While seein...

Page 25: ...f Video Server and the top side of the carton The primary users will be allowed to enter as soon as the administrator finishes adding user profiles Upon successful authentication the main page will be...

Page 26: ...rer in Windows users will be asked to install a new plug in that is provided by Video Server This plug in has been registered for certificate and is used to display motioned pictures in the Internet E...

Page 27: ...e page of Video Server The first figure below is graphic mode that has better visual effect and the second one is text mode that will shorten download time The main page may look different depending o...

Page 28: ...llent quality means the picture has the slowest refresh rate but the best image quality Video size selection It allows users to adjust the image size with consideration of bandwidth and image resoluti...

Page 29: ...change color when users move the cursor over Users can control the motorized camera in pan and tilt direction as well as zoom and focus The home button can return the camera to the center position if...

Page 30: ...age for reference Video Server also supports FTP to modify the system configuration file CONFIG INI for technical usage The details are described in the Chapter Advanced Usage Since it is a networking...

Page 31: ...surveillance system and web attraction by means of Video Server The former one will utilize the built in motion detection and external sensors to integrate with the existing e mail or FTP server or ex...

Page 32: ...mat in the related field while typing The third Automatic is to make Video Server automatically synchronize with timeservers over the Internet every month It may fail if the assigned NTP server cannot...

Page 33: ...e a user pull down the user list to find the user name to be deleted and press A message window will pop up for confirmation Enable snapshot mode for more users The maximum users that can view Video S...

Page 34: ...er changing network settings be sure to leave Reset network at next boot blank to skip next installation when the system restarts Otherwise those network settings will be erased at the next start Chan...

Page 35: ...ndary server after the first one fails and it may affect some applications when conditions happen too often After everything is set click on A warning message will pop out for confirmation After click...

Page 36: ...y and importance of location Bandwidth limit is most useful to balance network utilization when multiple Video Server s are installed in the same network It is more effective than changing image quali...

Page 37: ...ttings for Supported PTZ Cameras for default settings of supported PTZ camera including baud rate data bits stop bit and parity bit Custom commands Video Server provides five more custom commands othe...

Page 38: ...be taken from the connection log that is mailed or uploaded when dial up connection is successful Setting the value to zero will make Video Server always keep the connection Based on the settings of...

Page 39: ...the option Enable the external script file to exclude the following settings Otherwise Video Server will operate according to the settings below Event operation Video Server provides general options...

Page 40: ...peration With this feature Video Server can upload snapshots periodically to external server as a live video source The interval can be set from tenth second to several hours The external server must...

Page 41: ...be customized but limited by memory size Images from external resources can be larger and more beautiful but will need more time to load If the background is skipped the background color will fill th...

Page 42: ...ters will be categorized listed for administrators to check The content is the same as CONFIG INI Factory default It is used to restore the factory default settings This means any changes made before...

Page 43: ...daemon of Video Server to download the refreshed JPEG image named video1 jpg The user name and password are as same as what in web access The zero file size in file directory means it is captured by r...

Page 44: ...Server Sample Page h2 script language JavaScript if navigator appName Microsoft Internet Explorer navigator platform MacPPC document write OBJECT ID MjpegControl WIDTH 352 HEIGHT 240 document write CL...

Page 45: ...via URL cgi bin snapshot jpg file value Video channel Snapshot stage Video snapshot before event 5 Pre5 snapshot before event 4 Pre4 snapshot before event 3 Pre3 snapshot before event 2 Pre2 snapshot...

Page 46: ...les are intended for quick updates it is better to skip date and time suffix The file name will then be video1 jpg If the snapshots are used for occasional monitoring suffix with date and time can hel...

Page 47: ...ile name and size limitation of each stored images Administrators may customize preferred image under the size limit and put to the specific name via FTP Administrators can download the original image...

Page 48: ...ipt file 4 Enter the Application page in system configuration to define the time period in weekly schedule If it is supposed to run any time keep the original settings but check the option All the tim...

Page 49: ...tput number always 1 Digital output state C NC O NO V set video channel to go to preset location P set preset location number to go to preset location W send warning to server IP server IP Port server...

Page 50: ...with Common 1 5 1O When DI transients from high to low Normal Open of relay output will short with COMMON in 5 seconds A W 192 168 0 1 6000 no signal If there is no video signal a message no signal w...

Page 51: ...PTZ direction cgi bin control cgi param value param value Recall camera position cgi bin recall cgi recall position position the text string of a location that is preset in system configuration Refer...

Page 52: ...nd in ASCII format after the special URL Video Server will parse the commands and translate into binary code to send out Send command to device attached to COM port cgi bin senddata cgi data 123456 AB...

Page 53: ...YSTEM LOG via FTP To log into the FTP daemon enter root as the user name and the same administrator s password used in Web access Restart System via URL cgi bin reset cgi Restart Video Server without...

Page 54: ...le should use the keywords YES NO The number zero entry in user name and user password is for administrators i e root Basically Video Server will restart automatically as soon as the file is accepted...

Page 55: ...UT layout type 1 image mode or 0 for text mode font color 0 black 1 white 2 green 3 maroon 4 1 olive 5 navy 6 purple 7 gray 8 yellow background color 9 lime 10 aqua 11 fuchsia 12 silver 0 13 red 14 bl...

Page 56: ...mat ntp enabled NO or YES network timing server IP address or domain name smtp mail server IP address or domain name mail recipient address string of maximum 80 characters smtp account name string of...

Page 57: ...port 80 or 1024 65535 bandwidth limit 0 or 64000 128000 256000 512000 768000 1000000 1500000 2000000 VIDEO camera modulation AUTO or MANUAL NTSC or PAL will be ignored when AUTO NTSC or PAL ignored w...

Page 58: ...ters LEFT string of maximum 80 characters RIGHT string of maximum 80 characters TELESCOPE string of maximum 80 characters WIDE string of maximum 80 characters NEAR string of maximum 80 characters FAR...

Page 59: ...of sensitivity 90 1 99 tenth seconds to snapshot after event 5 snapshots taken after event 1 time to start snapshot 00 00 00 24 hours format time to stop snapshot 00 00 00 24 hours format DEMO demo en...

Page 60: ...running This is useful to examine if any error has occurred when the system operates abnormally The stored information will be cleared automatically after the dump Video Server will continue to dump n...

Page 61: ...lation at next boot Typing lock will inform Video Server to fix current network settings It need not wait for installation during the next boot Reset network for new settings Typing unlock will make V...

Page 62: ...time Video input The video decoder is broken Ask your reseller for technical service LED2 ON and LED3 OFF Ethernet network The PCI interface cannot work Ask your reseller for technical service LED2 OF...

Page 63: ...eeds authentication If you are not a permitted user you may view the images or control the camera as long as the demo account is opened The demo account user may use username as demo without any passw...

Page 64: ...The timestamp is based on the system time of Video Server It is maintained by a real time clock inside and automatically synchronizes with the time server if Video Server is connected to the Internet...

Page 65: ...log to examine any abnormal activities and trace the origins Q I have a PTZ camera that is not on the supported list How can I control it A Video Server provides a custom camera command interface to...

Page 66: ...itions are met Video Server will keep these image files until user retrieval even if power is lost Q If I set Video Server to send e mails of images whenever the conditions are met will my e mail acco...

Page 67: ...ega bytes It will take approximately 2 seconds in a local network 2 minutes by null modem connection or 6 minutes by modem but still subject to user s network 5 After upload is complete close the conn...

Page 68: ...uality setting and preset setting are opened in new windows for preview These URLs can be accessed only by administrators Homepage name Referenced URL configuration page setup config html system optio...

Page 69: ...ks to show the images saved in Video Server on another page To change the logo or the background images referenced by the URL refer to the homepage layout section in configuration Resource name Refere...

Page 70: ...e date yy mm dd year month and date separated by slash time hh mm ss hour minute and second separated by colon ntp domain name or IP address NTP server zone GMT n 00 time zone n ranged from 0 to 12 Se...

Page 71: ...domain text string shorter than 40 characters domain name of Video Server dns1 IP address primary DNS server dns2 IP address secondary DNS server Not limited use full network bandwidth 64Kbits second...

Page 72: ...an 65535 secondary FTP server port ftpuser2 text string shorter than 15 characters user name for secondary FTP server ftppass2 text string shorter than 15 characters password for secondary FTP server...

Page 73: ...71 Detailed higher resolution Excellent highest resolution Auto let Video Server detect video modulat NTSC set directly to NTSC type mode PAL set directly to PAL type...

Page 74: ...age hue 5 5 adjust hue of image saturation 5 5 adjust saturation of image preview not required not save the parameters restore not required recall the original settings save not required save the para...

Page 75: ...C4 DynaDome SmartDOME Pelco D protocol Lilin PIH 7x00 Ernitec driver Custom Camera third party PTZ camera Custom camera configuration URL URL cgi bin serialportsettings cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION baud...

Page 76: ...om out command string of COM str11 text string shorter than 8 characters button name of custom command 1 of COM str12 text string shorter than 8 characters button name of custom command 2 of COM str13...

Page 77: ...40 characters command to initialize modem phone1 text string shorter than 40 characters phone number of primary ISP user1 text string shorter than 40 characters user name for primary ISP pass1 text st...

Page 78: ...nable DI is high dilow not required Enable DI is low dirise not required Enable DI is rising difall not required Enable DI is falling delay integer delay time of DO after event ioalarm not required tr...

Page 79: ...mage for logo linkurl text string shorter than 80 characters URL to link when clicking on logo blank hide background image def use default background cusback url use image from URL backurl text string...

Page 80: ...heck the correct default settings for the attached camera Camera model Baud rate Data bits Stop bit Parity bit Sony VISCA 9600 8 1 None Canon VC C1 9600 8 2 None Canon VC C3 9600 8 2 None Canon VC C4...

Page 81: ...control motorized cameras of desktop types from Sony and Canon The pin assignment is illustrated in the following chart To control cameras of another brand check the user s manual of the motorized cam...

Page 82: ...merica GMT 06 00 Central Time US Canada GMT 06 00 Guadalajara Mexico City Monterrey GMT 06 00 Saskatchewan GMT 05 00 Bogota Lima Quito GMT 05 00 Eastern Time US Canada GMT 05 00 Indiana East GMT 04 00...

Page 83: ...5 00 Ekaterinburg GMT 05 00 Islamabad Karachi Tashkent GMT 05 30 Chennai Kolkata Mumbai New Delhi GMT 05 45 Kathmandu GMT 06 00 Almaty Novosibirsk GMT 06 00 Astana Dhaka GMT 06 00 Sri Jayawardenepura...

Page 84: ...82 GMT 10 00 Hobart GMT 10 00 Vladivostok GMT 11 00 Magadan Solomon Is New Caledonia GMT 12 00 Auckland Wellington GMT 12 00 Fiji Kamchatka Marshall Is GMT 13 00 Nuku alofa...

Page 85: ...1 sensor inputs max 12VDC 50mA 1 relay outputs max 24VDC 1A 125VAC 0 5A LED Indicator System power and status indicators Network link and speed indicators Dimension 122 9 mm L 72 3 mm W 50 mm H Weigh...

Page 86: ...rference 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 circui...

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