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Installing Plug-in 

If it is initial access to Video Server via the Web browser supporting server push, the 
motioned pictures will display directly. If the Web browser is Internet Explorer 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 Explorer. Users may click on 

 to install the plug-in. If the web 

browser does not allow the user to install, check the security option to lower security 
levels or contact network supervisors.   
 

 

 

Summary of Contents for VS2402

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Page 2: ...Product name Video Server VS2402 Release Date 2005 10 28 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: ...23 Authentication 23 Installing Plug in 24 Main Page 25 System Configuration 28 Introduction 28 Setup Wizard 29 Application Wizard 29 Definitions of Configuration 30 Advanced Functions 44 Capture Up...

Page 5: ...stem via FTP 56 Telnet Commands 64 Appendix 66 A Troubleshooting 66 B Frequently Asked Questions 68 C Upgrade System Firmware 72 D URL Commands of Video Server 73 E Settings of Supported PTZ Cameras 8...

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

Page 7: ...rement Robust system operation Industrial real time operating system prevents from malicious hackers and virus that threat Windows or Linux systems The on board watchdog eternally monitors the system...

Page 8: ...the package and totally free to use Users can easily 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...

Page 9: ...hile and then follows the pattern below If any module fails refer to the Appendix A for the error pattern and follow the trouble shooting procedures If the system still cannot operate normally please...

Page 10: ...t settings DIP switches 1 to 4 There are four DIP switches numbered from 1 to 4 in the front panel regarding of each video input They are used to enable the 75 ohm resistance of video impedance They s...

Page 11: ...S232 serial port can connect with a modem or the included null modem cable to utilize dial up network when Ethernet is not available If Video Server operates with an Ethernet interface the administrat...

Page 12: ...pto isolated sensor input 3 Ground 19 Opto isolated sensor input 4 Max 50mA 12V DC 20 Opto isolated sensor input 4 Ground Power source Pair of pin 11 12 of AC or DC input is a replacement with the pow...

Page 13: ...be short with NC A simple diagram of example is shown below Power adapter Plug the power jack of the included power adapter to Video Server Connecting the power adapter should be the last operation w...

Page 14: ...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 15: ...eras Refer to the related configuration section for detailed description Power on Make sure all cables are correctly and firmly connected Before turning on Video Server remember to run Installer progr...

Page 16: ...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 17: ...ED 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 used f...

Page 18: ...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 19: ...dialing information Refer to the COM2 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 Ch...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...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 22: ...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 23: ...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 24: ...nging 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 W...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...of 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...

Page 27: ...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 28: ...igure 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 on the PTZ driver or the privilege...

Page 29: ...selection It allows users to adjust the image size with consideration of bandwidth and image resolution Five options are available including Half Half 2 Standard Standard 2 and Double Half 2 consumes...

Page 30: ...near and far control in focus an AUTO button is provided for setting auto focus mode To move the motorized camera more precisely speed control of pan and tilt allows users to fine tune the aiming posi...

Page 31: ...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 vi...

Page 32: ...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 33: ...ly synchronize with timeservers over the Internet every month It may fail if the assigned NTP server cannot be reached or Video Server is within a local network Leaving the NTP server blank will let V...

Page 34: ...hts of some user has to be changed pull down the user list to find the user name and press A new window will pop out for administrators to change password and choose different privilege Delete existin...

Page 35: ...he configuration may include IP address Subnet mask Default router Primary DNS server and Secondary DNS server After changing network settings be sure to leave Reset network at next boot blank to skip...

Page 36: ...The Video Server located inside the network protected by a firewall data connection for FTP may be prohibited By selecting passive mode the FTP can bypass the rule and allow snapshot upload to proceed...

Page 37: ...t video source shown in the main page when users connect at the first time Adjust image settings Time stamp and Text on image will be enclosed in image for reference The timestamp is captured from dat...

Page 38: ...nd then enter the position name and save The old Preset position can also be pulled down to delete The camera control will be activated only when both the attached COM port and Camera Setting are corr...

Page 39: ...L Administrators can select AUTO to make Video Server automatically detect the correct type Select default video source Administrators can choose video channel 1 to 4 or quad screen to be the default...

Page 40: ...configuration After saving the driver type the COM port configuration will show up for entering the correct settings that depends on the camera type Refer to the Appendix Settings for Supported PTZ Ca...

Page 41: ...alarms for property security dial out is needed to send some snapshot attached e mails when the preset conditions are triggered In such applications also remember to choose Network option to enter mai...

Page 42: ...tions that may switch the network interface between Ethernet and PPP administrators should notice that the settings of FTP or SMTP servers might be different from what are in an Ethernet environment I...

Page 43: ...he 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 fo...

Page 44: ...from tenth second to several hours The external server must be setup correctly in the Network configuration page Sending method Either event mode or sequential mode can select one method between emai...

Page 45: ...ph is similar Default images of the system can 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 backgroun...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...ns it is captured by request Video channel URL Video 1 http IP of Video Server cgi bin video1 jpg param value Video 2 http IP of Video Server cgi bin video2 jpg param value Video 3 http IP of Video Se...

Page 48: ...aram value param value Description cam 1 Video 1 2 Video 2 3 Video 3 4 Video 4 quality 1 Medium 2 Standard 3 Good 4 Detailed 5 Excellent size 1 Half 2 Standard 3 Double 4 Half x 2 5 Standard x 2 param...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...om the application page in system configuration Get triggered snapshots via URL cgi bin snapshot jpg file value Video channel Snapshot stage Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 snapshot before event pre1...

Page 51: ...updates it is better to skip date and time suffix The file name will then be video1 jpg video2 jpg video3 jpg and video4 jpg for four channels If the snapshots are used for occasional monitoring suffi...

Page 52: ...the size limit and put to the specific name via FTP Administrators can download the original images before upload for backup Usage via FTP is illustrated as below Object File name Maximal size Logo l...

Page 53: ...cript 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 t...

Page 54: ...ate 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 port Message texts to be sent to the...

Page 55: ...00 no signal If there is no signal on channel 2 or 3 or 4 a message no signal will be sent to port 6000 of 192 168 0 1 once 2H VAP15 When sensor input 2 is high drive the camera mapped to video 1 to g...

Page 56: ...gi bin control cgi param value Recall camera position cgi bin recall cgi cam n recall position n video channel from 1 to 4 position the text string of a location that is preset in system configuration...

Page 57: ...mmand to device attached to COM1 cgi bin senddata cgi com 1 data 123456 ABCDEF flush yes wait 1000 read 6 This hyperlink will inform Video Server to send out binary format commands to COM1 with 0x12 0...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...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 60: ...t mode more guests interval 0 seconds of snapshot interval language en ptzenabled1 0 ptzenabled2 0 LAYOUT layout type 1 image mode or 0 for text mode font color 0 black 1 white 2 green 3 maroon 4 1 ol...

Page 61: ...um 8 characters 3 string of maximum 8 characters 4 string of maximum 8 characters NETWORK install enabled YES reset IP whenever system boots or NO ppp enabled YES obsolete ethernet address 00 02 D1 04...

Page 62: ...rver port 80 or 1024 65535 bandwidth limit 0 or 64000 128000 256000 512000 768000 1000000 1500000 2000000 VIDEO default video 1 or 2 3 4 camera modulation AUTO or MANUAL NTSC or PAL indication only wh...

Page 63: ...5 5 hue 0 0 5 5 1 0 5 5 2 0 5 5 3 0 5 5 saturation 0 0 5 5 1 0 5 5 2 0 5 5 3 0 5 5 SERIAL1 data bits 8 or 5 6 7 stop bits 1 or 2 parity bits 0 0 None 1 Odd 2 Even baud rate 110 or 300 600 1200 2400 4...

Page 64: ...RIAL2 data bits 8 stop bits 1 parity bits 0 baud rate 0 ccd model 0 uart mode RS232 speedlink commands 0 string of maximum 80 characters 1 string of maximum 80 characters 2 string of maximum 80 charac...

Page 65: ...pplication mode 0 visual alert NO or YES upload method 0 file with time suffix YES or NO tenth seconds to snapshot after event 5 snapshots taken after event 1 percentage of object size over screen 0 1...

Page 66: ...63 0 NO or YES 1 NO or YES 2 NO or YES 3 NO or YES SYSTEM ADDON NTP Update Interval 3 0 Hourly 1 Daily 2 Weekly 4 monthly...

Page 67: ...ing the detailed debugging information while the system is running This is useful to examine if any error has occurred when the system operates abnormally The stored information will be cleared automa...

Page 68: ...es used on the homepage If no new images are uploaded the system will switch to text mode and use default images instead Skip installation at next boot Typing lock will inform Video Server to fix curr...

Page 69: ...ck the LINK LED of the attached port on the Ethernet switch or hub If it is dim the Ethernet cable may be loose or cross over 2 If the cable is OK the Ethernet controller is broken Ask your reseller f...

Page 70: ...RE When the system seems to respond or operate slowly after changing some settings and administrators hardly enter the configuration to change back the original settings administrators can perform the...

Page 71: ...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 password...

Page 72: ...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 73: ...ny 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 control the camer...

Page 74: ...r than High and Low to let the condition be triggered only when state is changed Q I have already set the video inputs to different quality but I still see the old quality setting when I choose Video...

Page 75: ...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 76: ...set 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 option setup system html se...

Page 77: ...ages referenced by the URL refer to the homepage layout section in configuration Resource name Referenced URL system logo image logo gif background image back gif button image for camera 1 btn_cam1 gi...

Page 78: ...ime 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...

Page 79: ...address Video Server s IP address subnet IP address subnet mask router IP address default gateway domain text string shorter than 40 characters domain name of Video Server dns1 IP address primary DNS...

Page 80: ...bits second use only 64Kbps of bandwidth 128Kbits second use only 128Kbps of bandwidth 256Kbits second use only 256Kbps of bandwidth 512Kbits second use only 512Kbps of bandwidth 768Kbits second use o...

Page 81: ...ution Good normal setting Detailed higher resolution quality Excellent highest resolution Half set size to half Standard set size to standard Double set size to double Half x 2 set size to half x 2 si...

Page 82: ...32 switch COM1 to RS232 interface other than RS232 switch COM1 to RS485 generic accept generic CGI commands detect none no drivers Sony VISCA Canon VCC1 Canon VCC3 Canon VCC4 DynaDome SmartDOME Pelco...

Page 83: ...Pulse ATDP make modem dial in pulse reatt integer redial attempts discon integer minutes delay before disconnection init text string shorter than 40 characters command to initialize modem phone1 text...

Page 84: ...2 of COM1 com13 text string shorter than 80 characters custom command 3 of COM1 com14 text string shorter than 80 characters custom command 4 of COM1 com15 text string shorter than 80 characters cust...

Page 85: ...m command 5 of COM2 Camera preset configuration URL URL cgi bin preset cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION com 1 2 Com port number cam 1 4 Video channel number fixed fixed camera camtype cammap PTZ camera id i...

Page 86: ...pan right command string of COM1 home1 text string shorter than 80 characters home command string of COM1 tele1 text string shorter than 80 characters zoom in command string of COM1 wide1 text string...

Page 87: ...set Friday in weekly schedule sat not required set Saturday in weekly schedule sbegin hh mm ss time to start in weekly schedule send hh mm ss time to stop in weekly schedule inv not required set inver...

Page 88: ...hots on ch3 while event happen eventch4 not required take snapshots on ch4 while event happen dura integer snapshots taken after event inter integer tenth seconds interval after the event mdmode not r...

Page 89: ...ctr1 not required allow demo user to control PTZ camera on video 1 camctr2 not required allow demo user to control PTZ camera on video 2 camctr3 not required allow demo user to control PTZ camera on v...

Page 90: ...sback url use image from URL backurl text string shorter than 80 characters URL of image for background fcolor 0 15 color index for font bcolor 0 15 color index for background image display homepage i...

Page 91: ...check 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 C...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...92 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 96: ...LED Indicator System power and status indicators Network link and speed indicators Dimension 216 7mm L 193 7mm W 44 3mm H Weight Net 970g Power Consumption near 7 8W Universal switching power supply i...

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