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Page 2: ...2455282 F 886 2 82455532 Product name Network Camera PT31x2 Release Date 2005 03 14 Manual Revision 2 10 Web site www vivotek com Email technical vivotek com sales vivotek com Made in Taiwan Copyright 2000 2005 All rights reserved ...

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

Page 4: ... Plug in 14 Primary User s Capabilities 15 Main Screen with Camera View 15 Client Settings 18 Administrator s Capabilities 20 Fine tuning for Best Performance 20 Opening Accounts for New Users 22 Building a multimedia web attraction site 23 Building a security application 26 Software revision upgrade 29 Definitions in Configuration 30 System parameters 31 User group administration 32 Network setti...

Page 5: ...amera 48 Capture update Snapshot of JPEG image 48 Query status of the digital input 48 Drive the digital output 48 Restore factory default settings 48 Restart system 49 Page URL 49 System resource URL 50 General format of command URL 50 System configuration URL 50 Security configuration URL 51 Network configuration URL 52 DDNS UPnP configuration URL 53 Audio Video configuration URL 54 Camera contr...

Page 6: ... 6 www vivotek com T 886 2 82455282 F 886 2 82455532 Package Contents PT3112 PT3122 Camera stand Power adapter Software CD A V Cable Remote Controller Warranty card Quick installation guide ...

Page 7: ...green and red a few times If self test passes the LEDs will shut off and the Network Camera will be on stand by and ready for software installation If self test fails the red LED will blink several times Refer to Appendix A for troubleshooting The Network Camera provides a general I O terminal block with one digital input and one relay switch for device control Pin 1 and Pin 2 can be connected to ...

Page 8: ...r access to the camera At the end of the hardware installation the Administrator must place the product software CD into the CD ROM drive of the PC running in MS Windows An auto run program will pop up If the program is not on auto run go to the root directory of the software CD and click on autorun exe Click on Software Utility item after the window contains changed click on Installation Wizard t...

Page 9: ...box will pop up This program searches for Vivotek s product on the same LAN After searching Vivotek Video Servers or Network Cameras will be located by the Installation Wizard There may be several entries shown in the window The Administrator may differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number ...

Page 10: ...king from 192 168 0 99 to 192 168 0 254 If any of the address inside this range is free the Network Camera will be assigned to this IP address and its subnet mask would be 255 255 255 0 If none of the addresses is free the Network Camera will try the range from 192 168 0 2 to 192 168 0 98 After an IP address is assigned to the camera the Activity status LED blinks The Vivotek s new UPnP function w...

Page 11: ... 11 www vivotek com T 886 2 82455282 F 886 2 82455532 For more detailed usage of the Installation Wizard please refer to the user s manual of the Installation Wizard ...

Page 12: ...ollowing the steps in the Troubleshooting chapter of the Appendix Add Password to prevent Unauthorized Access The default Administrator s password is blank and the Network Camera initially will not ask for any password The Administrator should immediately implement a new password as a matter of prudent security practice Once the Administrator s password is saved the Network Camera will ask for the...

Page 13: ...ogue window pops up to request a username and password Upon successful authentication the following figure is displayed The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason ...

Page 14: ...net security settings of the user s PC or notebook If the highest security level is set the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt This plug in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in the browser Users may click on to proceed If the web browser does not allow the user to continue to install check the Internet security option and lower the secur...

Page 15: ...out has three parts Configuration functions The camera can be configured using these user interfaces Camera View What the camera sees Pan Tilt control buttons These buttons provide a command interface to control the aim of the camera Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page ...

Page 16: ...he Administrator can access camera configurations The camera view The information bar at the top of the camera view shows the connection type to the Network Camera and the current date time The camera view provides not only the live video but also a way to aim the Network Camera to different target Using mouse to click on the target inside the video will command the Network Camera to aim at the ta...

Page 17: ...rator has determined the preset positions the User can aim the camera using this control Pan speed This button sets the moving range of the Left and Right commands Tilt speed This button sets the moving range of the Up and Down commands Pan This button commands the camera to pan from the current position to the left most and then to the right most position After panning the camera returns to the o...

Page 18: ...ser does not allow the user to complete the installation check the Internet security to lower the security level or contact your IT or networking supervisor There are two settings for the Client site One is Media Option for the User to determine if audio should be muted The other is Protocol Option which allows choices on connection protocol between client and server There are three protocol choic...

Page 19: ...tional If no special need is required UDP protocol is recommended Generally speaking the client s choice will be in the order of UDP TCP HTTP After the Network Camera is connected successfully Protocol Option will indicate the selected protocol The selected protocol will be recorded in the user s PC and will be used for the next connection If the network environment is changed or the user wants to...

Page 20: ...ors Maximum frame rate Fix bit rate and Fix quality on the Video Configuration page are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible For Best Real time Video Images To achieve good real time visual effect the network bandwidth should be large enough to allow a transmission rate of greater than 20 image frames per second If the broadband network is over 1 Mbps set the Fix bit ra...

Page 21: ...nce will also suffer due to poor connectivity because of the network s burst constraint Only Quality Images Will Do To have the best video quality you should set Fix quality at Detailed or Excellent and adjust the Maximum frame rate to match your network s bandwidth If your network is slow and you receive broken pictures go to the TCP protocol in Connection type and choose a more appropriate mode ...

Page 22: ... everyone can access Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known It is necessary to assign a password if Network Camera is intended to be accessed by others Type a new word twice in 1 to enable protection This password is used to identify the administrator Then add an account with user name and password for your friends in 2 Network Camera can provide twenty accou...

Page 23: ...ill have snapshot mode instead Building a multimedia web attraction site Demo on multiple sites mid scale service The Network Camera can allow ten visitors to view on line simultaneously After Installation focus the Network Camera on any object you wish to share and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address Caution You may want to maintain your visitor s list in the security configurati...

Page 24: ... more viewers the host server should be able to handle large network traffic which must handle the picture refreshing from the Network Camera If the web server space has FTP service Set the Network Camera up as an FTP client to upload the pictures The access to the Network Camera will be independent of the number of viewers and the picture quality will remain constant 1 Click on Configuration on t...

Page 25: ...e correct folder 10 Prepare a homepage with the embedded image reference to the image file uploaded via FTP in advance If the web space has no FTP service An auto refresh homepage can be used to periodically poll the newest image from the Network Camera It is most efficient if using a free web space provider as the FTP service may be limiting 1 Prepare an auto refresh homepage as the following exa...

Page 26: ...t and driving other attached devices To upload the snapshots the User can choose either email or FTP according to user s needs Both e mail and FTP use the network settings on the network page Refer to the definition section for detail configuration 1 Click on Configuration on homepage 2 Click on Application in the left column 3 Check the weekdays as you need and give the period of Snapshots begin ...

Page 27: ...ts when motion is detected If no external sensor is available the Administrator can use the built in motion detection to monitor any movement and sends snapshots via email for security check 7 Click on Motion detection in the left column 8 Check Enable motion detection 9 Click on New to have a new window to monitor video 10 Type in a name to identify the new window 11 Use the mouse to click hold a...

Page 28: ...es smaller objects 13 Clicking on Save enables the activity display Green means the motion in the window is under the watermark set by the Administrator and red means it is over the watermark 14 Click on Application in the left column 15 Check on the window name set in Step 10 16 Check Upload snapshots while motion detected if e mailing the snapshots is preferred 17 Check Send snapshots by email 1...

Page 29: ...w the procedures below 1 Download the firmware file named FLASH BIN from the appropriate product folder 2 Run the Upgrade Wizard and proceed following the prompts Refer to the instructions of the Upgrade Wizard for details 3 The whole process will finish in a few minutes and it will automatically restart the system If power fails during the writing process of Flash memory the program in the memory...

Page 30: ...ing pages The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration If the Administrator also wants to set certain options through the URL read the reference appendix for details url http Network Camera setup config html Network Camera is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Cam...

Page 31: ...ad only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated Manual Adjust the date and time according to what is entered by the Administrator Notice the format in the related fields while doing the entry Automatic Synchronize with the NTP server over the Internet whenever the Network Camera starts up It will fail if the assigned time server cannot be reached NTP server Assign the IP address or domain ...

Page 32: ... to find the user s name and press to complete Permit for I O control Allows user to control the DO and get status of the DI Permit for PT control Allows user to aim the Network Camera to different targets Allow demo account to view Check this to permit anyone who types in demo as user name No password is needed for demo account Note that a demo account is restricted to view only Allow more viewer...

Page 33: ...eck the IP address assigned to the Network Camera if the IP address is forgotten or using the UPnP function provided by the Network Camera MS Windows XP provides UPnP function at Network Neighbors General IP address This is necessary for network identification Subnet mask This is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet The default value is 255 255 255 0 Default router This is th...

Page 34: ... domain name or the IP address of the external FTP server The following user settings must be correctly configured for remote access 1st FTP user name Granted user name on the external FTP server 1st FTP password Granted password on the external FTP server 1st FTP remote folder Granted folder on the external FTP server The string must conform to that of the external FTP server Some FTP servers can...

Page 35: ...e something other than the default port 5001 in order to work with the port opened by the firewall Audio channel port This can be something other than the default port 5002 in order to work with the port opened by the firewall Video channel port This can be something other than the default port 5003 in order to work with the port opened by the firewall Improve audio quality in low bandwidth enviro...

Page 36: ...own with bracketed IP address in the Network neighbors Ex Network Camera with Pan Tilt 96 That is The hostname of the Network Camera is Network Camera with Pan Tilt and the IP address of the Network Camera is xxx xxx xxx 96 depends on the last value of the IP address assigned to the Network Camera Enable UPnP port forwarding If the network router supports port forwarding function the Administrator...

Page 37: ...t is maintained by a built in real time clock Color Select either for color or monochrome video display Size There are five options for three video sizes Half is the quarter size of Normal Half x 2 has the same video size as Normal but of a lesser quality while consuming less network bandwidth Normal x 2 will do digital zoom with factor of 200 for both width and height of the video and Double will...

Page 38: ... Check options both if the Network Camera is installed upside down White balance Adjust the value for best color temperature Click on this button to pop up another window to tune Brightness Contrast Hue and Saturation for video compensation Each field has eleven levels ranging from 5 to 5 The User may press to fine tune the image When the image is O K press to set the image settings Click on this ...

Page 39: ...t Up and Down buttons aim the camera accordingly The Home button aims the camera to the center Pan speed This controls the range of the horizontal movement of the camera The greater the value the greater angular movement when performing the Left or Right functions Tilt speed This controls the range of the vertical movement of the camera The greater the value the greater angular movement when perfo...

Page 40: ...on it will automatically aim to the defined home position Default home Restore home position to factory default home by clicking on this button Dwelling time The value set here specifies 1 The stop time of each preset location during auto patrol of the Network Camera 2 The stay time at the most left and the most right positions when the Network Camera is doing auto panning Patrol selection After t...

Page 41: ... graphic bar will rise or fall depending on the image variations A green bar means the image variation is under monitoring level and a red bar means the image variation is over monitoring level When the bar goes red the detected window will also be outlined in red Going back to the homepage the monitored window is hidden but the red frame shows when motion is detected Window Name The text will sho...

Page 42: ...he three windows for motion detection More than one condition can be selected at once Select the appropriate digital input condition that suits the characteristics of the external device high low selects level triggering via external voltage input rising falling is for edge triggering There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name If motion detection has not been set up u...

Page 43: ...his selects the uploading method following the intervals set above The snapshot named video jpg will be attached in the email with the subject title Periodic snapshots Send snapshots by FTP The snapshots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the file name defined in the next option This can also be used to refresh the captured images stored in the external web server to build creative h...

Page 44: ...between the preset positions on the patrol list that was set on the Camera control page After each patrol cycle the camera stops at the original staring position Auto Pan This button commands the camera to pan from the current position to the left most or right most and back After panning both horizontal end positions the camera would stop at the original starting position Center This calibrates t...

Page 45: ...Click on this link on the configuration page to restore factory default settings Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be reset to the initial factory settings After clicking on the Restore button and make confirmation the system will restart and require the installer program to set up the network again Calibrate Recalibrate the home position to the default center to recover the...

Page 46: ...Red LED is blinking till Ethernet is detected Before network is setup Steady green till IP address is confirmed After network is setup Blink green every second Any hardware failure Other patterns Reset and Restore At the left side of the camera there is a button hidden in the pinhole as shown in the picture It is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings Sometimes resetting ...

Page 47: ... installation of plug ins 3 If the problem still exists after adjusting and the message over the image window is showing connecting the network traffic may be too crowded Q What is the plug in for A The plug in provided by the Network Camera is used to display motion pictures and audio in Internet Explorer If your system does not allow installation of any plug in software the security level of the...

Page 48: ...have opened motion detection windows but it cannot work A If the motion detection windows are set up and names are given check to see if the function is checked on the first line While it is enabled adjust the sensitivity and percentage to monitor the level indicator for best results Q I cannot hear any sound while watching A If there is V_ONLY shown above the image click on connection type to unc...

Page 49: ... keep the Network Camera as private as possible A The Network Camera is designed for surveillance purposes and has many flexible interfaces The user authentication and special confirmation in installation can keep the Network Camera from unauthorized access You may also change the HTTP port to a non public number The demo account is good to separate guests from normal users and thus you can easily...

Page 50: ...mera will return the most up to date snapshot in JPEG format Query status of the digital input cgi bin getdi cgi The Network Camera will return the status of digital input Drive the digital output cgi bin setdo cgi do state The state is either h or l h means high that is NC is connected with COMMON and l means low that is NO is connected with COMMON For instance typing http 192 168 0 201 cgi bin s...

Page 51: ...ge quality setting and preset setting are opened in new windows for preview Only the Administrator can access these URLs Homepage name Referenced URL Client settings page client html configuration page setup config html system option setup system html security option setup security html network option setup network html DDNS UPnP option setup ddns html audio video option setup video html camera co...

Page 52: ... pic wallppr jpg General format of command URL Every configuration can be set through URL with the POST method by the Administrator only general format URL name value name value method POST authorized user root System configuration URL URL setup system cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION host text string shorter than 15 characters system name yes turn on front LED ledoff no turn off front LED keep keep dat...

Page 53: ...ynchronize with NTP monthly Security configuration URL URL setup security cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION rootpass text string shorter than 15 characters change root password username text string shorter than 15 characters add new user userpass text string shorter than 15 characters new user s password deluser text string shorter than 15 characters existing user name action blank validate demo users wi...

Page 54: ...server mailto1 string shorter than 80 characters mail recipient address mailname1 max 14 characters first account name in SMTP server mailpass1 max 14 characters first account password in SMTP server smtp2 domain name or IP address secondary SMTP server mailto2 text string shorter than 80 characters mail recipient address mailname2 max 14 characters second account name in SMTP server mailpass2 max...

Page 55: ...erver 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 ftpfolder2 text string shorter than 40 characters upload folder in secondary FTP server http number less than 65535 HTTP port controlport number less than 65535 control Channel port videoport number less than 65535 video Channel ...

Page 56: ...key password or key The login password of DDNS server or the key given by the DDNS server enupnp anything Enable UPnP function This option must be resent whenever the URL is called if UPnP function is to be enabled Audio Video configuration URL URL setup video cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION text text string shorter than 15 characters enclosed caption 1 half 2 half x 2 3 normal 4 normal x 2 size 5 doub...

Page 57: ...8K bps 1000000 set bit rate to 1000K bps bitrate 1200000 set bit rate to 1200K bps 1 set maximum frame rate to 1 fps 2 set maximum frame rate to 2 fps 3 set maximum frame rate to 3 fps 5 set maximum frame rate to 5 fps 10 set maximum frame rate to 10 fps 15 set maximum frame rate to 15 fps 20 set maximum frame rate to 20 fps 25 set maximum frame rate to 25 fps frame 30 set maximum frame rate to 30...

Page 58: ...ne Camera control URL URL setup ptcamera cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION addpos the position name add preset location with its name delpos the position name delete preset location with its name selloc index value 0 19 add preset location into patrol list yes enable the pan tilt control using remote controller irenable no disable the pan tilt control using remote controller speedpan 5 5 change the horiz...

Page 59: ... VALUE DESCRIPTION emode not required event mode application smode not required sequential mode application mail upload snapshots by email smethod ftp upload snapshots by FTP suffix not required FTP file with date and time suffix delay integer seconds delay to detect next event inter integer seconds delay to capture post event dihigh not required set DI high as trigger condition dilow not required...

Page 60: ...DO when DI condition matched mdalarm not required trigger DO when motion detected ioupload not required upload snapshot when DI condition matched mdupload not required upload snapshot when motion detected sinter integer seconds interval for sequential mode sbegin hh mm ss time to start sequential mode send hh mm ss time to stop sequential mode ...

Page 61: ...d 4 move 5 17 degree z pan speed 3 move 7 75 degree z pan speed 2 move 10 33 degree z pan speed 1 move 12 92 degree z pan speed 0 move 15 50 degree z pan speed 1 move 18 09 degree z pan speed 2 move 20 67 degree z pan speed 3 move 23 25 degree z pan speed 4 move 25 84 degree z pan speed 5 move 28 42 degree Tilt z unit tilt angle 3 068 degree z auto tile speed 1 6 59 degree sec z auto tile speed 2 ...

Page 62: ... 6 14 degree z tilt speed 3 move 9 20 degree z tilt speed 2 move 12 27 degree z tilt speed 1 move 15 34 degree z tilt speed 0 move 18 41 degree z tilt speed 1 move 21 48 degree z tilt speed 2 move 24 55 degree z tilt speed 3 move 27 61 degree z tilt speed 4 move 30 68 degree z tilt speed 5 move 33 75 degree ...

Page 63: ...Camera Specification 1 4 inch color CCD sensor 512x492 or 512x582 1 Lux F2 0 AGC AWB AES Electronic shutter 1 60 1 50 1 100 000 sec Lens Board lens with 4 3mm focal length F2 0 Audio 24Kbps Supporting audio mute Microphone Omni directional Frequency 20 20 000Hz S N ratio more than 58dB General I O 1 sensor input max 12VDC 50mA 1 relay output max 24VDC 1A 125VAC 0 5A LED indicator Dual color status...

Page 64: ...sion reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the seperation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer ...

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