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1. K s lt K K b Drk mons Teac ese emar 1 0 Driver Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses Install a Uninstall Properties Preferred DNS server Description Transmission Control Protocol Intemet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Alternate DNS server Validate settings upon exit 8 www acti com OK Cancel ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Manually adjust the IP addresses of multiple cameras If there are more than 1 camera to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them all of the cameras would then have the initial IP address of 192 168 0 100 which is not a proper situation for network devices all the IP addresses have to be different from each other The easiest way to assign cameras the IP addresses is by using IP Utility Ly IP_Utility IP Address NetMask 172 16 26 192 255 255 255 0 v Basic Search z Refresh Device Settings Change Network Address Firmware Upgrade Config Backup Config Restore Reset Save amp Reboot rose Acou oo E P IP Address MAC Address FW Version Mod
2. The SNMP agent supports versions V1 V2 and V3 SNMP V1 is the initial implementation of SNMP SNMP V2 is proposed to enhance the performance of management such as the communication of server and devices the confirmation of information delivery and receipt Primary additions in SNMP V3 concern security and remote configuration enhancements SNMP V1 V2 uses Community name as password to authenticate identity Read Community is the password for server to get information from devices Write Community is the password for server to edit values on devices The default is public for Read Community and write for Write Community Of course you can set any other password as your read write community You can enable V1 V2 or both Click Apply after you ve completed setup 37 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 The security method of SNMP V3 uses account password for authentication Security Name is the account name to be used with your Password The default security name is public and the password must be at least 8 characters long You also can set any other security name or password Click Apply after you ve completed setup SNMP function is now enabled You may now install and run the SNMP management software on computer server SNMP Trap Usage wf Trap Enabled Destination IP address Trap Community public Available Traps Cold Sta
3. z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Image Image l i The section Image allows user to control certain parameters of a video frame For D E B Series Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure White Balance OSD Privacy Mask Video Flipping Video Mirroring v Digital Noise Reduction ON Brightness 50 WDR Disabled Contrast Lowest v Apply Reset Restore image settings to default For l Series Only Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure White Balance OSD Privacy Mask Video Flipping Video Mirroring v Digital Noise Reduction 2 v Brightness 50 3D Noise Reduction ON v Contrast Lowest v Edge Enhancement 104 Saturation Medium WDR Medium Apply Reset Restore image settings to default Video Flipping Video Check this box to flip the video up down and left right to achieve the Mirroring 180 degree rotation effect Select the Brightness value 0O 100 The higher the value the brighter the image Select the Contrast level from following options Lowest low medium Contrast l high highest Saturation Saturation makes colors appear more vivid Select the Saturation level for l series only from the following options Disabled low medium high highest Turn ON or OFF the Digital Noise Reduction When turned on the noise on the video especially in low light is reduced and image will look smoother and clearer
4. Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Below is the list of characters with special meaning that can be used in the text field Ahh Hour in two digit format 00 23 Note that only 24 hour indication is supported Minutes in two digit format 00 59 Seconds in two digit format 00 59 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Privacy Mask Setup NOTE Privacy Mask is not available on zoom and PT Z cameras under the E and B camera series lt is possible to set up up to 4 regions of privacy masks The adjustment of the privacy mask region can be done when region is checked under Setup column Privacy Mask i Don t overlap privacy mask regions i ns 2 E A a E 4 a A Apply Reset You may resize and drag the region the same way as the motion detection regions upper bar that contains the number of the region can be used for dragging the region across the video while the white box at the right lower corner of the privacy mask region can be used for resizing the region z ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 There are 4 pre defined color options for privacy masks If the user wants to use any other colors please use URL commands to set up the privacy mask instead To do that please refer to the Guide that explains the use of
5. Firmware Version A1D 500 V6 07 03 AC MAC Address 00 0F 7C 086 D9 FE Production ID 011 A4 02 126 00015 Factory Default Type No Audio 0x11 Company Name Web Site Profile ID OV9715 DA1_V120308A sensor Board O0V9 15 WAN Status WAN_TYPE 1 WAN IP 172 16 26 201 WAN _NETMASK 255 255 255 0 WAN GATEWAY 172 16 26 253 DNS_PRIMARY 172 16 5 20 DNS_SECONDARY 172 16 5 19 MAC 00 0F 7C 08 D9 FE BONJOUR _CONFIG 1 011 A44 02 126 00015 Z 1 p 1m system Log Mount jffs2 filesystem a Deveap Version 011_20120 713_01 Bootloader Version BOOTLOADER 500 V01 04 Loading GetJiffies driver Initiating factory button Loading System Config files Starting Streaming Core Initial system time manager z Config file The units parameters and their current settings Parameter List Always attach the server report when contacting your support channel Server Report Third party software licenses Mm Show License The Server Report is a convenient way of exporting the full list of camera related information in a text format so that it can be sent to the technical support team for faster service D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Factory Default Factory Default The section Factory Default allows the camera settings be reset to the Original factory settings Factory Default Preserve network setting and HTTP HTTPS port
6. cgi bin cmd encoder PT2_PRESET_GO 1 including path of CGI program max 119 characters Command as event becomes inactive cg bin cmd encoder PT2_PRESET_GO including path of CGI program max 119 characters E SendCommand to j HTPCGl1 Test Command as eventis triggered co bin cmd encoder VIDEO_BITRATE 3M amp V l including path of CGI program max 119 characters Command as event becomes inactive cgi bin cmd encoder VIDEO_BITRATE 1M amp Vil including path of CGI program max 119 characters SendCommand3to HTTP CGI1 Test Apply Reset URL commands can be sent to HTTP CGI servers upon event This provides the possibility of highly intelligent response upon event IP devices and many other devices also have embedded CGI servers that may be controlled When Event Handler sends an URL command it will send one set of command when the event is trigged and another as the event becomes inactive Depending on the CGI design the URL commands may be able to be stringed together and multiple commands may be issued in a single line An example would be when the access control device at the entrance detects an entry this device provides a DI signal to the PTZ camera and triggers an event This event then sends a loopback command to the PTZ Camera itself by setting its own IP as the HTTP CGI server The PTZ Camera then moves to a preset location stays until the event is over and then moves back to another locat
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8. Q ENR 00 1D B6 0B 0A 12 i gt fl Control Panel Il GNR2000 00 19 0F 09 EE 19 With the left mouse click on D11 it is possible to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already lf you work with our cameras regularly then there is even a better way to discover the cameras in the network by using IP Utility The IP Utility is a light software tool that can not only discover the cameras but also list lots of valuable information such as IP and MAC addresses serial numbers firmware versions etc and allows quick configuration of multiple devices at the same time The IP Utility can be downloaded for free from http www acti com IP_Utility With just 1 click you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows g IP_Utility IP Address NetMask 172 16 26 192 255 255 255 0 v Basic Search z Refresh Device Settings Change Network Address Firmware Upgrade Config Backup Config Restore Reset Save amp Reboot Tota 57 receword dia IP Address MAC Address FW Version Model Serial No Multicast IP O 172 16 26 95 00 0F 7C 09 16 5B A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM7911 a a 16 26 OF 7C 09 16 V5 07 05 A emispheric Camera 7 172 16 26 96 00 0F 7C 09 16 57 A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC H h Cc KCM7911 a 16 26 OF 7C 08 32 0 V4 12
9. selection box will appear that defines the bit rate level Under CBR mode when Video Max Bit Rate is chosen Unlimited the user can define the AVERAGE bit rate For example if the Video Bit Rate is chosen 2M then occasionally the actual bit rate may go below Video Bit Rate or beyond 2M but in the long run the average bit rate will be very only for H 264 close to 2M This mode allows the most accurate storage estimations however while planning the bandwidth please consider the occasional peaks of bit rate H 264 Compression Under VBR mode the bit rate will be floating while the video quality will be stable and follows the quality standard set by the user The user can choose either High Medium or Low quality The higher is the quality level the more bit rate the camera will use to achieve the target quality Video Bit Rate Mode Variable Bit Rate Quality Medium GOP 1lframe 1Second Quality MJPEG Compression The user can define the quality with the numeric scale from 1 to 100 The default MJPEG quality is 60 The higher is the quality level the more bit rate the camera will use to achieve the target quality Under VBR mode it is possible to adjust the GOP length that is the occurrence rate of I frames By default there is one I frame per second For example in case of 30fps there will be 1 l frame and 29 GOP P frames every second by default When the GOP is changed to 1 only
10. Choose the WDR level from following options Disabled low medium high highest NOTE WDR is disabled and will not appear on screen if Exposure Mode is set to Manual See Exposure White Balance on page 63 Enable this feature for smooth and clear image Disable this feature if the scene contains extreme details that may be smoothed over with 3DNR Brightness Digital Noise Reduction 3D Noise Reduction for l series only D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Edge Enhancement Select the Edge Enhancement value The higher the value the for I series only sharper the image After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet The button Restore image settings to default is a quick way of restoring factory default image settings without needing to reset the whole camera to factory default 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Exposure White Balance Exposure White Balance The section Exposure White Balance allows the user to configure Exposure shutter iris and gain control and White Balance settings In most cases the default settings are sufficient and no adjustment is needed Some options will only appear under certain Exposure White balance modes Each mode is described in detail below Exposure Mode Auto
11. Exposure Mode Auto Exposure Mode Auto_ White Balance Auto Hold a a R Gain 1 255 B Gain 1 255 For advanced users there is also an option to switch from Auto mode to Manual mode of White Balance directly and input the R Gain and B Gain values manually Line Frequency is the function that adjusts the shutter soeed options to match with the frequence of artificial light source of given country For example in Europe the light frequency due to power supply frequency of lights is 50Hz that is 50 flashes per second By setting line frequency to 50Hz in such case the shutter speed options will be proportional with light source frequency such as 1 25s 1 50s 1 100s etc It is necessary to have the camera s Line Frequency adjusted according to the power frequency of the light source to avoid flickering effect The natural light source sun light is a seamless flow of light the Line Frequency setting does not matter for the cameras that are only exposed to natural light After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Exposure Mode Manual When the lighting conditions are stable 24 hours a day the advanced users may consider using manual exposure mode to further fine tune the image quality in order to fulfill the specia
12. Exposure Mode Auto White Balance Auto Hold AE Reference target 128 slowest Auto Shutter Speed 1 5 Line Frequency 60Hz Apply Reset In Auto Exposure Mode you control the image brightness by configuring the AE Reference Target and Slowest Auto Shutter AE Reference Target Auto Exposure reference target can be considered as the Target Brightness on Sensor The camera will use several internal parameters to achieve best quality with reference to this The higher this value the brighter the overall scene however there may be more noise at night in such case The range of AE Reference Target is 1 255 The camera will automatically control shutter speed auto iris if available and signal gain to achieve the target level set by the user If the auto iris does not exist or is already opened to a maximum size and the image is still darker than the user defined target it will further slow down the shutter speed within the allowed range set by user under Slowest Auto Shutter Speed and increase the signal gain Slowest Auto Shutter Speed is the user defined threshold for slowest allowed speed of auto shutter For example if by default the shutter speed would vary between 1 5s 1 2000s depending on the lighting conditions then setting the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to 1 30s would narrow down the auto shutter range to work between 1 30s 1 2000s The purpose of allowing user to define the threshold for slowest speed
13. stream to ensure the identical view of stream 1 and stream 2 Depending on the camera model the number of available resolutions may be different The default resolution setting of the camera may not necessarily be the maximum resolution of the camera If the user wants to use the maximum resolution it is possible to do it here The maximum possible resolution of the stream 2 will be smaller than stream 1 Under Constant Bit Rate mode CBR the camera keeps the stable bitrate regardless of the complexity of the scene Under this mode the video quality may vary if the bit rate value is set too low It is easier to do storage and network bandwidth consumption estimations under this mode compared to Variable Bit Rate mode VGA Aspect Ratio Resolution Video Bit Rate Mode only for H 264 Under Variable Bit Rate mode VBR the camera will keep the video quality stable while the bit rate may occasionally go up or down depending on the complexity of the scene D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Defines the upper limit of the bitrate only available under CBR mode The bitrate will be floating slightly under that limit For example if the limit is set as 2M the bitrate will be floating around 1 6 2 0 Mbps pes paves jis Video BitRateMode Constant BiRate ne mee Max Bit male is Enosen as Video Max BitRate Unlimited Unlimited then the Video Bit Rate Video BitRate 2M
14. 0 0 0 E 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E Apply Reset 30 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Allowed mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below Blocked mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below Using Netmask Subnet Mask allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address at once without the need to enter all of them individually If you are not sure about the function of Netmask then you should use 255 255 255 255 and it will affect only a single IP address per line of entry or use 255 255 255 0 to use the same setting for all IP addresses starting with the same three numbers After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Warning Do not accidentally block your own IP address that you are connecting from otherwise you will not be able to access the camera any more to undo the changes If this happens by mistake you can do the hardware reset it will clear all the filtering rules 31 D4 ACTi
15. 09 A Wegapixel IP Cube Camer UO 172 16 26 101 00 0F 7C 08 32 DA A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC M IP Cube C TCM4511 16 26 0F 7C 02 A1 220 V3 14 18 Al ega IP Cube Camera O 172 16 26 102 00 0F 7C 02 A1 51 A1D 220 V3 14 18 AC M IP Cube C ACM4201 O 172 16 26 112 00 0F 7C 03 F9 BE A1D 220 V3 14 18 AC Video Server ACD2100 a 16 26 00 0F 7C 03 0B V4 12 09 Al ideo Server O 172 16 26 114 00 0F 7C 03 0B 2A A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC Video TCD2500 a 16 26 0F 7C 02 98 51 220 V3 03 02 A uad Server UO 172 16 26 115 00 0F 7C 02 98 5D 440 220 V3 03 02 AC Quad ACD2000 Cj 172 16 26 139 00 0F 7C 78 14 00 A1D 310 V4 09 138 AC Mega IP Camera TCM5311 O 172 16 26 140 00 0F 7C 45 45 43 A1D 310 V4 09 22 AC Mega IP Camera TCM5611 g 172 16 26 141 00 0F 7C 48 60 74 A1D 310 V4 10 07 AC IP Cube Camera TCM4201 O 172 16 26 142 00 0F 7C 78 97 39 A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Mega IP Camera KCM5211 228 5 6 1 Cj 172 16 26 143 00 0F 7C 04 11 18 A1D 310 V4 09 22 AC Mega IP Dome TCM7411 228 5 6 1 a 172 16 26 144 00 0F 7C ED 78 94 A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC Megapixel IP Dome TCM7811 228 5 6 1 a 172 16 26 146 00 0F 7C 07 73 18 A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC IP Speed Dome TCM6630 228 5 6 1 UO 172 16 26 147 00 0F 7C EF 32 A7 A1D 311 V5 06 01 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM3911 228 5 6 1 a 172 16 26 204 00 0F 7C 08 D9 FE A1D 500 V6 01 02 AC Megapixel IP Cube Camer Lo 228 5 6 1 T U 172 16 26 207 00 0F 7C 66 68 39 A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM7911 228 5 6 1 You can
16. Digital Output selected models only This is a useful link to other devices Click to include this in the response for this rule Send notification Message Select from the three pre defined messages which you ve setup in the Event Configuration section You may enable multiple messages at the same time For sending Email please limit the recipient to one per event rule If you need to send email to more than one recipient please use separate event rules triggered by the same trigger Upload video snapshots Select which of the event configurations to include in this response set If you are sending email via upload video and sending notification message at the same time the system will automatically merge the two emails into one The subject and image will be based upon the Upload snapshot Event configuration enabled but the message in the body text will be based upon the Notification messages In general please stick to the one email per event rule limit for best performance Change Motion Detection profile This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event profile The profile will return to runtime settings at the end of this event You may program one motion detection region to be disabled at runtime but enable it with event handler under some circumstances D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Send URL command Select the URL command to
17. Handler of the camera To actually make the e mail notification work please go to Event Handler See Event Handler with Local Storage on page 101 of the camera and set up the event rule where the selected trigger type is disk space is low File Management f Local Storage Status Utilities Setup File Management The File Management function is available only when the disk has been properly mounted to the camera At first the File Management page would be empty because there are no files to be shown El Search recordings by time E Search recordings by triggered events Search Length File Name Start Time min Events 5 P lt ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 When clicking on the mark on the upper right corner the useful help message would appear When the task of recording was triggered by continuous recording event named Ready for S5ervice the firmware lists the DIs and Motion Detection statuses in the Events field That helps user to Search the specific event from the long recording period files When the task of recording was triggered by the specific event like DIs motion detection or scheduler the firmware only lists the triggered event in the Events field associated with the given recording file The other Dis and Motion Detection statuses within duration of recording file are NOT listed then In order to let the camer
18. Live View page and use the audio controls there Audio Muted A i Audio level adjusted to the maximum m S This volume control appears in user interface only when the Audio in function of the camera has been Enabled 72 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Event This section describes how to setup the Event Handler which deals with how the IP devices respond to situations Each IP device can have a maximum of 10 Event Rules Each rule includes one single trigger and one or many responses Several types of responses are available And there are multiple external servers for the device to interact with When setting up Event Handler there are four types of settings Event Server Event Configuration Event Rules and Manual Event Click the item before Event to expand the list Event Event Server Event Configuration Event List Manual Event Event Server Event servers define whom the device may interact with They can be other servers or devices on the network or even the camera itself Event Configuration sets up a list of what to tell the other party during interaction Event list lays down the rules and conditions about when to initiate which responses from which triggers The options available for Event rules are selected from the event servers and event configurations Event servers are classified as FTP servers SMTP servers and HTTP servers Event
19. PPPoE based connection is really a good and low cost solution for single camera sites O Enabled As aserice As a protocol reference members dyndns org HostName cameral23 dyndns org UserName camerai2 3owner Password SPP FCP CoS 1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 To activate DDNS please check the Enabled Select the service reference input the Host Name the domain name given to the camera by DDNS service User Name and Password of the DDNS server account You will get the needed Host Name User Name and Password information from the DDNS service provider once you have registered an account there and requested a domain name for your Camera After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 1 DA ACTI Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Video amp Audio i Video The section Video or Video amp Audio for audio supported cameras provides the options to adjust the video quality configure the streaming details of the camera and audio settings for Audio supported cameras only which will be described in the succeeding pages The default settings of the camera are sufficient for most environments and the video adjustments are not necessary The following sections explain the ways to configure the video quality or streaming details in case it is require
20. Reset parameters to the original factory settings Apply If you want to keep network settings and restore other settings to factory default please select the first option If you select the second one instead all the settings would be removed during factory default You will have to use factory default IP setting to connect to this camera D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Firmware Upload Firmware Upload The section Firmware Upload allows remote upgrade or downgrade of camera firmware The upgrade to newer version is usually done in order to gain new functions or fix existing bugs or limitations while downgrade to older version is used mostly for integration purposes where the newly purchased camera model comes with the newer firmware version than supported by a third party video management system of a given project The firmware image file can be downloaded from the website It has the file extension upg Firmware Upload Do you want to do firmware upload Apply After pressing Apply button it is possible to browse for firmware image file that has already been downloaded to the computer that has the Web Configurator running Firmware Upload Firmware Browse Apply Click Browse to select the upload image file Click the Apply button to start the upload Once the process is finished you will get an OK message and system will reboot itself D4 ACTi Con
21. URL commands When switching back to live view the privacy mask would look like this Pe ipaa T Eraman e a oe A ie E ie man 4 baat eo gt i PPE f s A o a Ti ow q re AN be lO gt ai E a gt we oF For PTZ camera models the privacy mask is dynamic Thus when the camera is panned to other directions the region that is originally covered remains covered for privacy Please note that the Text Overlay OSD and Privacy Masks will take effect for both Stream 1 and Stream 2 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Notice It may take several seconds to update the region location on video display after pressing Apply z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 On Screen Graphics On Screen Graphics OSG is a new feature that allows placing custom image files on the top of the video as a layer For example it can be used as a watermark for security purposes or a brand logo in the corner of the video image There is no interface within Web Configurator to configure On Screen Graphics since it is a rarely used feature The URL commands can be used to complete the task instead The image that can be used as OSG has to be in YUV format Image raster graphics before uploading to the camera There are sever
22. User s Manual V6 05 23 Encoder Type H 264 Encoder Type MJPEG e VGAAspectRatio 4 3 VGAAspectRatio 43 sal Resolution N640x480 Resolution N2582x1944 Frame Rate 3 Frame Rate 3 Quality 70 Video Bit Rate Mode Constant Bit Rate Video Max Bit Rate Unlimited Video BitRate 2M Apply Reset Encoder Type i two encoder types available H 264 High Profile and This item is available only if the Encoder Type is H 264 The H 264 Profile defines the video compression scheme High Profile Main Profile and Baseline These schemes vary from least compressed Baseline to most compressed High Profile By default the H 264 Profile is High Profile which provides the most compression with the best video quality but more computing power H 264 Profile Some third party video management system has longer latency or takes more time to decode High Profile compression scheme in this case you can select Main Profile or Baseline In order to get the same video quality you can select a higher bit rate with lower compression this is the same as having a lower bit rate with a High Profile For example a video on High Profile with 2M bit rate will have the same video quality as a video with Baseline Profile at 3 5M bit rate lt is used to define the aspect ratio of VGA stream it can be either 4 3 ratio 640x480 or 16 9 ratio 640x360 When Auto Detected is chosen the VGA stream will follow the ratio of the higher resolution
23. Zoom the camera in or out as well as adjust the es ACTWACTI x Addr o x Pan amp Tilt Auto pan tilt speed Enabled Auto Flip Disabled zoom speed and step size e Set the focus to auto refocus or manual e Set Preset points for touring e Set Camera Tour Pan Tilt Speed 3 The PTZ Control Panel may differ depending on camera Zoom Control model Digital Zoom Disabled Speed 5 is Continous Zooming Lu Lhe Step Size 100 Stepped Zooming Lau Lau Focus Control Mode Auto Refocus after Zoom Preset No Name How to Use Pan Tilt Click the pan tilt controls to pan tilt the PTZ camera Pan amp Tilt Auto panstilt speed Enabled Auto Flip Disabled Pan tilt controls _ gt PaniTilt Speed 3 Other pan tilt features include e Auto pan tilt speed When Enabled the camera automatically sets the pan tilt speed according to the zoom ratio and the selected pan tilt soeed while retaining the clarity and quality of image even as the camera is panning or tilting When Disabled the pan tilt speed follows the value selected on the Pan Tilt Speed field 2 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 e Auto Flip When Enabled the camera automatically flips the image when the camera is pan at 180 and then continues panning to the same direction up to 360 When Disabled users can only pan the came
24. acti com Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Troubleshooting 114 4 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Recommended PC Specifications In order to configure or test the cameras a PC with following basic specifications is needed Core 2 Duo 2 13 GHz or above Windows XP with SP2 or above Windows 2003 Operating System Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 7 Internet Explorer 8 0 or newer full functionality Browser for Accessing Firmware Other browsers with QuickTime installed partial functionality Video Resolution 1024x768 or higher 5 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Preparation Connect the Equipment To be able to connect to the camera firmware from your PC both the camera and the PC have to be connected to each other via Ethernet cable At the same time the camera has to have its own power supply In case of POE cameras you can use a PoE Injector or a PoE Switch between the camera and the PC The cameras that have the DC power connectors may be powered on by using a power adaptor The Ethernet port LED or Power LED of the camera will indicate that the power supply for the camera works normally Configure the IP Addresses In order to be able to communicate with the camera from your PC both the camera and the PC have to be within the same network segment In most cases it means that they b
25. and traffic flow of received delivered package www acti com Translation D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 ICMP Provide the status and statistics of ICMP Ex amount of receive error message of ICMP TCP Provide the status and operation of Transport Layer Layer 4 using TCP protocol Ex TCP Local Port incoming outgoing TCP segments Provide the status and operation of Transport Layer Layer 4 using UDP protocol Ex UDP Local Port in out datagram SNMP Provide the related statistics through SNMP UDP 39 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 RTP RTP The RTP section allows user to configure RTP Settings lf the RTSP Authentication is Enabled then the RTP streaming will require account name and password authentication lf the RTP B2 Frame is Enabled then the B2 frame is added to every video frame containing additional information such as motion detection status on each frame digital input and digital output levels passive infrared status other video intelligence data frame counter frame rate mode and the frame rate bitrate resolution timestamp and much more The user side can operate with video data easily including event management storage consumption estimation image resizing for preview etc RTP RTF Authentication Enabled RTF B2 Frame Enabled Apply Reset After changing any of the items above pr
26. any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 ONVIF The camera with given firmware is ONVIF 2 2 compliant By default the ONVIF function is disabled To enable to the ONVIF support check the box and ONVIE press Apply Enabled Apply Reset If you need to activate ONVIF on multiple cameras conveniently you may use the IP Utility instead using system cgi and ONVIF_STATE 1 as URL command Change Network Address Firmware Upgrade Address Date Time lotion Video Audio 172 168 26 1 172 16 26 2 172 16 26 3 172 16 26 3 Bend URLs to devices 172 16 26 4 1f2 16 26 9 172 18 26 10 172 16 26 11 ONVIF_STATE 1 13 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 IP Settings IP Settings The section IP Settings provides the options to define how the camera would obtain its IP address and to which DNS server should the camera connect to in order to resolve domain names Connection Type Connection Type The sub section Connection Type allows defining the method of obtaining the IP address of the camera By default the camera is in Dynamic IP Address mode and attempts to get the IP address from a DHCP server If such attempt fails after several seconds for example the DHCP server does not exist the camer
27. for H 264 l frame per 5 seconds then there will be one I frame followed by 149 P frames In case of the static scenes long GOP can further minimize the bandwidth and storage consumption After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet s4 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Motion Detection Motion Detection The section Motion Detection allows the user to configure the video motion detection system of the camera Motion detection regions are based on the Stream 1 By default all the regions are disabled Runtime MD Profile Enabled Trigger Interval s Trigger Threshold 1 T 1 10 a 2 70 1 10 ia 3 70 1 10 og Setup Click on Setup to adjust the motion detection regions or its parameters Microsoft Internet Explorer browser is required to configure the motion detection regions There are three independently configurable motion detection regions in the camera Each motion detection region has 6 configuration parameters Enabled or disabled Location of the region Size of the region Sensitivity Trigger threshold Trigger interval ACTI gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Enabled or disabled Me ete ft ahi DPT ws aa i dd m Oe ja ee oe a Each of the 3 motion detection regions can be enabled
28. of the camera is used as a friendly name however the user can modify the name according to the project needs D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Most of the Windows based computers have the capability to discover the devices that support UPnP Below is the example of Windows 7 by clicking on the Network icon of Windows 7 the PC will discover the cameras instantly ACM3701 10H X 00473 U ACM3701 12G E 00300 4 E Desktop Ga Libraties ACM4201 09C X 00538 BNP ACM8511 09K X 00006 Computer D11 AA 02 126 00015 ENR 00 1D B6 0B 0A 12 Gal Control Panel I GNR2000 00 19 0F 09 EE 19 Bonjour The section Bonjour provides the option to enable or ee disable the ability of the camera to be discovered by W Enabled the other network devices using Bonjour protocol Friendly Name D11 AA 02 126 00015 developed by Apple Inc Both Bonjour and UPnP serve the similar purpose to discover devices conveniently Apply Reset Similarly to UPnP the human readable Friendly Name can be defined by the user That name will be displayed when the camera is found in the network By default the Friendly Name is the serial number of the camera however the user can modify the name according to the project needs After changing
29. of the total height in activity panel it means 25 of this motion detection area were filled with moving pixels at that moment By visual observation you can also see that the object standing inside the motion detection region indeed covers about 25 of its size What if the object is really small but moves rather fast gets triggered by the current sensitivity level For example we want to detect people but not the cat walking in the room Although both people and cat may move with the speed that will trigger motion they have different size of triggered pixels For example a human passing by the motion detection region will trigger 25 of pixels in that region while the cat would trigger only 2 Since we want to have a real alarm in case of human or vehicle passing by while ignoring birds cats butterflies mice etc we need a filter that can define how many percent of triggered pixels will be considered as a real alarm This parameter is called trigger threshold The default value of trigger threshold is 10 It means only the objects that are bigger than 10 of the motion detection region size and move faster than allowed by sensitivity level 70 will produce actual alarm How to choose the most optimal trigger threshold level The rule of thumb keep the trigger threshold as small as possible while not causing false alarms by the moving objects that are not humans or vehicles You can have different sensitivity level and trigger t
30. or disabled individually Look at the example Only the region 1 is enabled while 2 and 3 are disabled The disabled regions disappear from the video display Note that the number of the motion detection region is written in the __ Sensitivity 1 7 70 upper left corner of the region 2 m 70 Location of the region You can move the motion detection region anywhere on the field of view by dragging the top of the motion detection rectangle as shown on the image The motion detection regions may even be overlapping if you like _ 1 2012 10 23 10 28 02 Size of the region E DI a By dragging the lower right corner of the motion detection region iF you can change the size of the region The maximum size of the region can even be as big as the whole screen Sensitivity Sensitivity is the parameter that helps us distinguish actual moving targets people vehicles from the slightly moving background such as leaves of the trees waving in the wind In order to avoid false alarms we might want the camera be able to ignore small motion The higher is the sensitivity level of the camera the smaller shift of the object is needed to trigger the alarm For example if the object within motion detection region has moved for about 1 3 pixels during two video frames then such small motion will be discarded by camera if the sensitivity is low and will still trigger an alarm if the sensitivity is high In other words you c
31. period then you may check the Search recordings by time and select the starting time of the searchable range as well as the length of the time period Search recordings by time Date 2013 6 amp 6 j 4 Time Period 50 Minutes El Search recordings by triggered events Length File Name Start Time min Events E RecOMid_111000_785_1 010 raw 20130604 11 10 00 1 MD1 SCH Closed Rec0 Snap_111000_780_1 011jpq 20130604 11 10 00 0 SCH Closed With search settings above only those files will be listed which were recorded between 201 3 6 4 11 00 and 2013 6 4 12 00 Search Recordings by Triggered Events Another convenient way of searching specific recording files is to define the events that were either the triggers of the recordings or occurred during the scheduled recording Check the Search recordings by triggered events and choose one of the 3 event types Motion Schedule or Ready for Service All these events and can be managed under Event Handler Event Handler with Local Storage on page 101 E Search recordings by time Search recordings by triggered events Motion gt Scheduler E Ready for Service Length Start Time min Events O RecOWVid_ 111000 785 1 010 raw 20130604 11 10 00 MD1 SCH Closed O Rec0WVid_110007_686_1 009 raw 20130604 11 00 07 MD1 Closed E RectWVid_011823 277_1 005 raw 20120331 01 18 23 MD1 Closed 7 Download Recordings Firmware User s Manual
32. quickly notice the D11 model in the list Click on the IP address to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already 1 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision gt Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Use the default IP address of a camera If there is no DHCP server in the given network the user may have to assign the IP addresses to both PC and camera manually to make sure they are in the same network segment When the camera is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services it will automatically assign itself a default IP 192 168 0 100 Whereas the default port number would be 80 In order to access that camera the IP address of the PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera Manually adjust the IP address of the PC In the following example based on Windows 7 we will configure the IP address to 192 168 0 99 and set Subnet Mask to 255 255 255 0 by using the steps below All Control Panel Items gt Network and Sharing Center _ re Sea rch Control Pane PE Network as a Gad Oo E Control Panel Home i j i E View your basic network information and set up connections Organize v Disable this network device Diagnos Ch dapter setti 7 See full map meeen Jo bedi F M Local Area Connection Ch d d shari lt lt i S
33. 1 18 23 20120331 01 13 35 20120331 01 13 36 20120331 01 08 35 20120331 01 08 36 MD4 Writing Closed Closed Closed Closed www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 View and Download Snapshots By clicking on the snapshot file name in file list it is possible to view the snapshot within Web Configurator To download the snapshot right click on the picture and save it to the computer lt a gt http 172 16 26 181 storage Rec0 Snap_111000 7801 011 O BOX IY Deleting Snapshots You can manually delete the snapshots by filling the checkboxes and then pressing the Remove button Special Rule When the event triggered snapshot happens during the video recording process then the camera will not save the snapshot to the local storage to avoid redundant information and waste of storage space as the snapshot frame can be later extracted from video file instead a9 Downloading Files by FTP Client Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 ACTI Connecting Vision vA In addition to Web Configurator s File Management it is also possible to use any of the FTP Clients to list and download the recordings from the local storage thanks to the built in FTP Server of the camera Use the ftp followed by camera s IP and then type the camera s account and password default is Admin 123456 Organize v System properties Uni
34. 5 23 Check the Upload Video Snapshot1 Please note that later on scheduler page this item will be referred to as Image 1 Lets see the example of video format first Upload Media Type shall be Video Upload Media To shall be Local Storage The camera has the capability to buffer up to 3 seconds of video at any time so that we can include these 3 seconds of video to the file to capture the moment right before the event occurred With the settings of Pre Buffer Time 3 Upload Period 57 the length of the video clip will be 1 minute You can freely decide the name of the file Whatever name you choose the camera will automatically append milliseconds in the end It is recommended to include day code in file name so that later when the files are downloaded to remote computer it is easier to pick up the right video For example you may consider using the following file name vid_ YYYY MM DD hh mm ss where YYYY displays current year MM displays current month DD displays current day hh displays current hour mm displays current minute and ss displays current second Notice Please note that the camera uses its own date and time settings to write the file name so please make sure the camera s date and time are correct Upload Path can be simply P which means that the files will be saved in the root folder of the storage The video source can be either 1 or 2 If you wan
35. Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Port Mapping Port Mapping The section Port Mapping provides the list of services and protocols that require their own port number for communication By default the camera already has all the ports defined On this page the user can modify the port numbers in case there is a specific need for that Most often the HTTP port is changed to something other than 80 in order to match with easy to remember port forwarding rules of the router that acts as a bridge between local area network and Internet Port Mapping HTTP Port 80 HTTPS Port 443 Search Server Port 6005 Search Server Port2 6006 Control Server Port 6001 Streaming Server Port 6002 RTSP Server Port 7070 RTP Multicast Video Port for Media 5100 RTP Multicast Audio Port for Media 5102 RTP Multicast Video Port for Media2 5104 RTP Multicast Audio Port for Media2 5106 Multicast Setting Multicast IP 228 5 6 1 224 5 0 1 239 255 255 255 Multicast TTL 16 1 255 New settings will only take effect after Save amp Reboot Apply Reset NOTE Some items appear only if the camera model supports the function HTTP port Select the port assigned for HTTP protocol access HTTPS Port Select the port assigned for HTTPS protocol access Select the first port used by server search applications to detect this IP Search Server Port device e g IP Utility Select the second port used by server search applic
36. Format Scan Storage Media Scan Message from webpage B9 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Unmount Once the drive has been mounted it can later be unmounted by pressing Unmount button if necessary Unmount Storage Media Format Storage Media scan Storage Media Message from webpage Unmount Storage Media Format Storage Media Scan Storage Media That Unmount function is used when the camera is to be shut down for maintenance or when the mass storage has to be physically removed for some reason The purpose of unmounting is to protect the currently processed data on mass storage at the moment of removal of the storage If 30 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 the local storage is being used by camera and some videos or snapshots are being recorded to the disk then the sudden shutdown or removal of the disk without unmounting may corrupt the file that is currently being used by the camera The rest of the files are not influenced in any way Please note that Save amp Reboot function of the camera also does unmounting automatically for the user Mount Failure lf the inserted disk s file system is not EXT3 then the Mounting would fail and an error message would appear The common reason is that the disk may have previously been use
37. Heightoftheimage o O 6 YYUUW value of the background color of the image that is to be blended 7 Transparency level 0 means 0 1 means 25 2 means 50 3 means 75 4 means 100 The result would look like this 1 2012 10 23 16 46 09 r Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Audio Anoo The section Audio is available only for audio supported models The user interface for audio control looks as below Audio In Enabled Audio In Sensitivity High Audio Out Volume To Audio Format PCM Apply Reset The option Enabled would activate incoming audio either line in or built in Audio In microphone The option Disabled would turn off the incoming audio In such case the video stream is captured without audio Andisin Choose High when the target is farther away from the camera and choose Sensitivity Low when the target is near the camera Under High mode there may be more audio noise due to higher level of signal amplification Audio Out The audio out volume level can be adjusted in the scale of 0 100 It will Volume influence the volume level of the speakers connected to the camera Choose the compression format of audio PCM G 711A A law or G 711U Audio Format nied To adjust the volume level of the speakers connected to the PC that runs the Web Configurator in order to hear the audio from the camera s microphone or line in device go to
38. I Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Video The sub section is also named Video For Audio supported cameras there will also be a sub section named Audio The video section is divided into tabs The functionality of each tab is explained separately below Upon opening the sub section named Video the live view of the Stream 1 of the camera will appear Since the camera is a dual stream device it is possible to see how each of the 2 streaming configurations looks like by selecting either Stream 1 or Stream 2 under the live video window 1 2012 10 16 16 55 26 oe at s O a ao om a n dh Usually Stream 1 is configured to be high quality video with maximum resolution and frame rate for recording purposes while Stream 2 is usually a moderate quality stream for live view purposes of the VMS to reduce VMS computing power during video decoding of multiple channels Compression a The section Compression allows the user to define the compression settings of the video stream 1 and stream 2 The purpose of compression is to reduce the bandwidth and VMS storage consumption Usually the stream 1 is configured to be the best quality stream for NVR recording purposes while the stream 2 is configured to be with the basic quality for the live view of NVR to minimize the computing power of NVR used for video decoding s2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware
39. ISO_NP_PC1 Network Internet st This computer ae Intel R 8 Disable View your active networks Connect or disconnect Status Diagnose jp Network Access type Internet Work network Connections Local Area Connection ol Bridge Connections Change your networking settings Create Shortcut T Set up a new connection or network Delete Set up a wireless broadband dial up ad hoc or VPN connection or set up a router or a Rename access point By Properties by Connect to a network ame Connect or reconnect to a wireless wired dial up or VPN network connection 2E also HomeGroup Choose homegroup and sharing options l Internet Options Access files and printers located on other network computers or change sharing Windows Firewall senga f pa Connection Properties xe btocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties bP esa P e eee Connect using amp Intel R 82567LM 3 Gigabit Network Connection You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automatically This connection uses the following items M 0 Client for Microsoft Networks M dE VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver M JE QoS Packet Scheduler 5 File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks Use the following IP address IP address 192 168 0 99 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway
40. MTP Server Configuration Primary SMTP Configurations Enabled F Authentication Type Login ad User Name Event test com User Password seeeeee Sender Email Address EventHandler test com Network Address smtptestcomn Network Port 25 Max Connection Time 10 sec 0 300 sec Secondary SMTP Configurations Enabled 74 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 To setup SMTP servers make sure to enable the SMTP account and choose the proper Authentication type There are many types available The default is Login We recommend you to use Auto Detection Available authentication types include Auto Detection None Login Plain Cram MD5 Digest MD5 and PoP Relay Please also enter the User Name Password the email address displayed as sender can be different than the user name Network SMTP server address Network SMTP server Port number and Max Connection time before timeout in seconds After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet HTTP Server HTTP CGI servers are programs that run on web sites or many devices They can be custom programmed to perform a large variety of actions based upon the input You can define which CGI server to connect to here and the user password required to log into the target server The actual message command is setup in the Notification messages URL commands s
41. Save amp Reboot ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 HTTPS HTTPS HTTPS protocol allows creating a secure channel over an insecure network in order to protect the data sent between the camera and its counterpart Two things are required to have a secure communication encrypted data and verified counterpart of the communication To make sure that the messages are being sent and received from true counterpart the certificate is needed There are two methods to create certificates Certificate Signing Request CSR and Self Signed Certificate HTTPS Certificate Signing Request CSR Management Create Certificate Management Common Name Create Self Signed Certificate Certificate Signing Request CSR User uses a signed certificate issued by trusted Certification Authority CA Self Signed Certificate User wants to use the certificate created and issued by user himself Press Create or Create Self Signed Certificate button and configure settings in the pop up screen to install the certificate Note that the new setting will only take effect after Save amp Reboot 34 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 IEEE 802 1X IEEE 802 1X IEEE 802 1X is an IEEE standard for port based Network Access Control 802 1X authentication involves three parties a supplicant an authenticator and an authenti
42. Server F Tye Networkaddress Ports Userliame O O 21 FTF Server Configuration SMTP Server Configuration HTTP Server 1 Configuration HTTP Server 2 Configuration FTP Server FTP servers can receive snapshot or video uploads that are issued as part of the response from event handlers You may setup one FIP server 73 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 FTP Server Configuration Network Address Network Fot 21 User Name User Fassword Mode Passive Max Connection Time 10 sec 0 60 sec Apply Reset To setup FTP servers make sure to enter the network address of FTP server the Network FTP port the User Name and Password of FTP account Connection mode Passive or Active and Connection time before timeout After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet SMTP Server SMTP servers can send email upon request from the IP device The email can be a simple subject and text email or attached with snapshot video You may setup two SMTP servers The device will first attempt to send the message via the Primary email SMTP server If the first attempt fails after the Max connecting time then the device will attempt to send via the secondary SMTP server If the device sends email successfully via the primary SMTP server then it will not use the secondary SMTP server S
43. Tools Usually upon installation of the camera the actual installation location is used as an easy to remember Camera Name such as Front Gate or Elevator 1 In many cases the VMS is able to modify the Camera Name directly via its own user interface without needing to access Web Configurator Language selection under Host has the same purpose as the one on the login page of Web Configurator After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 27 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Date amp Time Each video frame contains a time stamp The accuracy of the time stamp is very important for incident investigators Therefore the clock of the camera has to be adjusted to most accurate time possible Date amp Time The section Date amp Time provides the options for adjusting the date and time of the camera There are two ways to adjust the date and time automatically by getting date and time regularly from any of the NTP servers worldwide or manually by selecting proper time zone date and time The automatic way can be used only if the camera has an access to NTP servers If you are using an isolated Local Area Network without Internet access you can only use Manual date and time adjustment mode Date Setting a SNTPINTP Server IP Address 64 90 1827 55 sync Time 1 D
44. User s Manual V6 05 23 Local Storage Management The cameras that come with built in local storage capability will have the Local Storage item shown in the Setup Page when the mass storage has been inserted into the storage drive slot of the device Under Local Storage item it is possible to manage the storage itself and the files that are stored there In order to define the schedule or event rules that initiate or stop the recording process onto local storage please refer to the chapter Event Handler with Local Storage on page 101 Click the Local Storage item on the Setup Page There will be the list of 4 items Status Utilities Setup and File Management As long as the inserted mass storage has not been formatted or mounted yet the File Management item is grayed out and cannot be accessed Local Storage Status Utilities Setup 7 Status Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 gt ACTi Connecting Vision When the mass storage has not been formatted or mounted yet the camera would not know the status of the storage and the output would be as follows storage Media Type Capacity GB Percentage of Usage File System status Micro SD 0 00 0 00 Free Total 0 w UNKNOWN Unmounted If the mass storage has been formatted or mounted already the Status page will show the details of the storage Storage Media Type Capacity GB Percentage of Usage Fi
45. V6 05 23 ACTI Connecting Vision gt You can download the files manually to remote PC by clicking on the File Name Delete Recordings You can manually delete the files by filling the checkboxes and then pressing the Remove Length Start Time imin Events Status button RecOMid_ 112518 _ 729 1 075 raw RecOMid 112018 840 1 014 raw RecOMid_ 111518_854_ 1 013 raw RecOMid 111500 _ 897 1 012 raw G a RecOMid_ 1171000_ 785 1 010 raw RecO Snap_ 111000 780_ 1 011 jpg RecOMVid 110007 666 1 009 raw RecOMid 110000 _ 738 _ 1 007 raw Sl S S 8 RecO Snap 110000 670 1 008 jpg Search Snapshots 20130604 11 25 18 20130604 11 20 18 20130604 11 15 18 20130604 11 15 00 20130604 11 10 00 20130604 11 70 00 20130604 11 00 07 20130604 11 00 00 20130604 11 00 00 3GH SCH SCH MD1 SCH 3CH Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed If the event rule of the Event Handler defines that there should be Snapshots stored on local storage instead of Video then the snapshots will appear in File Management s file list The extension of snapshot file is jpg El Search recordings by time E Search recordings by triggered events Search Length File Name Start Time imin Events RecOMid_ 011823 2 77 1 005 raw E RecOMVid_011336_509_1 003 raw E Rec0 Snap_011336_498_1 004 jpg E RecO Vid_010836_626_1 004 raw RecO Snap_010836_601_1 002 jpg 20120331 0
46. a record files either by event or by schedule please go to Event Handler to set it up Event Handler with Local Storage on page 101 When the camera starts to record either videos or snapshots you will be able to manage the files under File Management here E Search recordings by time EO Search recordings by triggered events Search Length File Name Start Time imin Events RecOMid_ 011823 277_1 005 raw 20120331 01 18 23 MD1 Writing E RecdVid_011336_509 1 003 raw 20120331 01 13 35 SCH Closed C Rec0 Snap_011336_498 1 004 jpg 20120331 01 13 36 SCH Closed EO RecOMVid_010836_626 1 001 raw 20120331 01 08 35 SCH Closed Rec0 Snap_010836_601_1 002jpg 20120331 01 08 36 SCH Closed The largest possible recording file is approximately 30 minutes You can see the length of each file in the file list In case of snapshots the length is 0 Under continuous recording mode the camera will make sure that the file size would not exceed 30 31 minutes it would start writing a next file when the first file is full There is also a way to force the continuous recording files to be with shorter length It is explained in the Event Handler section on page 101 The file that is currently being saved will show the status Writing z ACTI Connecting Vision gt Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Search Recordings by Time If you are looking for the recordings of specific time
47. a will automatically assign itself an IP address listed under Static IP Address Connection Type Dynamic IF Address Use hostname Camera Static IP Address IF Address 172 Subnet Mask 255 Gateway 1 2 PPPoE User Name Password Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP server In some networks with very strict security policy it is required that all the network devices should have their host name and when the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server the DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices On this page it is possible to edit the Host Name and enable or disable the use of host name Most installation projects include clear network topology and static IP addresses for each camera In such cases you can change the camera to Static IP Address mode and modify the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway accordingly In some rare cases the camera may be connected to the control center over Internet Usually the most cost efficient way is to use ADSL connection with PPPoE To avoid the unexpected changes 1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 of IP addresses by Internet Service Provider upon the restart of the camera it is recommended to activate a DDNS service for such scenario and let the control center connect to the camera by the domain name instead Please refer to the DDNS section for more detai
48. al 0 86400 seconds DO 1 1 0 DO 2 Ior 0 When 0 the digital output port stays at active level until the associated event becomes inactive Apply Reset The Digital I O Ports page displays the number of available DI and DO ports on the camera which varies depending on camera model DI To configure the digital input device define the active level and trigger interval of the DI The default Active Level is 0 which means the DI device remains inactive unless triggered A good example is a panic button which always stays in inactive mode 0 until the button is pressed when the button is pressed its active level becomes 1 which means the DI is triggered Active level 1 returns back to 0 inactive mode after the specified Interval The Interval is the duration of time when the trigger remains in active mode which is also the minimum time interval between the previous trigger and the next For example if the interval is set to 5 seconds the DI will not respond if the panic button is pressed within 3 seconds after the previous trigger To issue another trigger press the button after 5 seconds from the previous trigger DO To configure the digital output device define the active level and response interval The default Active Level is 1 which means the DO will turn to active mode and respond once triggered The duration of its response will last according to the set Interval A g
49. al freeware converters available that convert images to YUV format For example one free trial version of YUV converter can be downloaded from Sunrayimage com htto www sunrayimage com download YUV Tools _ 3 0 trial zip We do not guarantee the performance terms of usage or availability of this product The user has to read the terms of use first and proceed with installation if the terms are acceptable Please note that the image should not be larger than 640x480 pixels and should contain an even number of pixels The image once uploaded cannot be resized Therefore please make sure that you have the image with the right size before uploading to the camera For example we have the BMP logo with the size 204x106 that has been converted into YUV When the image is ready upload it to the camera by the following URL command http 192 168 0 100 cgi bin cmd encoder 0SG_IMAGE Upon successful entry of user name ans password the following upload window will appear Browse for the yuv file in your computer that you had prepared and press Apply OSG_IMAGE Browse Apply Reset 7 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 When done use another URL command to configure its position http 192 168 0 100 cgi bin cemd encoder O0SG_CONFIG 1 0 0 240 106 EB8080 4 where the 7 parameters behind OSG_CONFIG mean following Position 1 means enabled 0 means disabled 5
50. amp Reboot EAPOL Version V1 and V2 are the 802 1X communication types User name and User password area created by user and set in RADIUS server Certificates and Private Key are provided by RADIUS Server 35 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 If certificates or private key exist already there will be a Remove button behind these items in order to remove these items when necessary After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 6 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 SNMP Setting SNMP Setting The SNMP Setting item displays the SNMP configuration page SNMP provides an easy way to manage network devices The main features are 1 Monitoring device uptime 2 System detail description Ex model name model description and firmware version 3 Collect interface information Ex MAC address interface speed local port 4 Measuring network interface throughput To use SNMP just enable SNMP function in the camera SNMP agents and run SNMP management software in server NMS Network Management Station to connect to the devices SNMP Setting v Enabled SNMP V1 V2 V1 Enabled V2 Enabled Read Community public Write Community write SNMP V3 Security Name public Password Must longer than 8 characters Trap Enabled Apply Reset
51. an think of sensitivity level as a reversed speed limit the smaller is the sensitivity the faster are the objects allowed to move without being detected The biggest challenge of motion detection configuration is to find the settings that do not produce false alarms and at the same time do not miss any actual intrusions The rule of thumb is the sensitivity should be as high as possible while not producing false alarms The default sensitivity level of the cameras is 70 on a scale of 0 100 and it is a good setting for most standard Cases D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Trigger threshold Look at the moving object entering the area of motion detection although moving quite slowly it caused motion activity several pixel regions reported gases AP al x ON 4 ery a 7 yf gt Megapixel a motion that was faster than allowed 9 eS speed limit of sensitivity 70 igs 1a ua Runtime MD Profile w The blue graph on the right side of the Trigger Interval s Trigger Threshold image shows how many percent of 2 a 70 1 v 10 pixels within the motion detection lt s region were considered as currently in motion The activity panel itself is a timeline for each moment of time you can see the height of the blue bars You may notice that at certain moment the tallest bars in the activity graph reached about 25 a quarter
52. ation Sec of how long the camera will stay in that point and the pan tilt soeed the bigger the number the faster the speed and then click ese Duration Pan Tilt Speed 3 On the Preset Points the preset points added to the Tour are listed Preset Touring Control Touring Control Disabled Select a Preset Point Tour 1 Save Cancel Preset 2 Preset Points 1 2 e To change the sequence of preset points click the FFA EA EA first up down last icons e To directly go to the preset point click the gt icon e To delete the preset point from the list click the x Icon 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add more preset points to the tour 5 Once done click the Save button on Select a Preset Point 6 On Touring Control select the tour name to activate Once activated the camera will start the tour 25 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Setup The following chapters guide you through the Setup functions of the camera Access the Setup Page To configure any of the camera settings go to the Setup menu by pressing the following button on Live View page lt Go to Setup Host The left side of the Setup page contains the list of Setup items Date amp Time Network IP Settings Video Event depending on the actual capabilities of each camera This manual System Notice The exact content of the menu list varies for
53. ations to detect this IP Search Server Port2 device e g IP Utility Select the port used to support video control function by application Control Server Port programs e g NVR Streaming Server Port Select the port used by this IP device for Video Streaming TCP RTSP Server Port Select the port assigned for RTSP protocol access D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 RTP Multicast Video Port for Select the port for the multicast video streaming of Stream 1 via RTP Media protocol RTP Multicast Audio Port for Select the port for the multicast audio streaming of Stream 1 via RTP Media protocol NOTE Appears only if the camera model supports audio input output Select the port for the multicast video streaming of Stream 2 via RTP protocol NOTE Appears only if the camera model supports dual stream RTP Multicast Video Port for Media2 Select the port for the multicast audio streaming of Stream 2 via RTP RTP Multicast Audio Port for protocol Media2 NOTE Appears only if the camera model supports audio input output and dual stream Multicast IP Select the multicast IP Default settings is 228 5 6 1 Multicast TTL Select the multicast TTL Default setting is 255 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet New port settings will only take effect after pressing System gt
54. ay ad Set Manually Date 2012 B WM Time 00 00 00 Time Zone GMT 02 00 Beijing Hong Kong Shanghai Taipei Day Light Saving Stat Time Typei Mar Second Sun w 02 00 End Time Typei Oct First sun 03 00 Apply Reset When choosing SNTP NTP Server for automatic date and time updating you can key in the IP address of the NTP server and the time interval for automatic time synchronization If you want to key in the domain name of NTP server instead please make sure the DNS server IP address has been set under IP Settings otherwise the camera will not be able to resolve the domain name of the NTP server 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 lf all the cameras are getting the date and time from the same NTP Server you can be most sure that the video clips from different cameras can be well synchronized later for comparison purposes To choose the most suitable NTP Server to synchronize date and time with please refer to the worldwide pool of NTP Servers http www pool ntp org en When choosing Set Manually mode you can adjust the date and time by the select boxes Choose the appropriate Time Zone from the select box too If your location is not listed there then pick any of the listed zones which GMT is identical with your location For the countries with daylight saving policy there is Day Light Saving function with two different types Ty
55. cation server The supplicant is a client device such as an IP camera that wishes to attach to the LAN WLAN The authenticator is a network device such as an Ethernet switch or wireless access point and the authentication server is typically a host running software supporting the RADIUS and EAP protocols The authenticator acts like a security guard to a protected network The supplicant i e client device is not allowed access through the authenticator to the protected side of the network until the supplicant s identity has been validated and authorized An analogy to this is providing a valid passport at an airport before being allowed to pass through security to the terminal With 802 1X port based authentication the supplicant provides credentials such as user name password or digital certificate to the authenticator and the authenticator forwards the credentials to the authentication server for verification If the authentication server determines the credentials are valid the supplicant client device is allowed to access resources located on the protected side of the network Please enable IEEE 802 1x and configure settings on the screen below Note that the new setting will only take effect after Save amp Reboot IEEE 802 1X Enabled EAPOL Version V1 V2 User Name User Password CA Certificate Upload User Certificate Upload User Private Key Upload New settings will only take effect after Save
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57. d actual file availability 100 www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Event Handler with Local Storage In order to save video clips or snapshots on a local storage there has to be a task created under Event Handler system of the camera that defines what type of files and when are they to be recorded on local storage Event Handler supports following Recording methods 1 Event triggered video recording or snapshots recommended solution 2 Scheduled video recording including non stop recording or snapshots To set up the event handler rule you have to configure both i Event Event Configuration and Event List Event Server Event Configuration Event List Manual Event Event Triggered Video Recording Under Event Configuration you can define the type of media video snapshot and its properties Notification message Edit Upload video snapshot Edit Send URL commands Edit Select Upload video snapshot and Audio to adjust the parameters of media Upload video snapshot 1 V Upload Media Type J Snapshot Video Test Upload Media To Local Storage v Pre BufferTime 3 v 0 10 seconds Upload Period 57 0 86400 seconds Image File Name Vid_ hh mm ss_ Y naming rule Upload Path naming rule Video Source 1 7 Upload video snapshot 2 Upload video snapshot 3 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 0
58. d in other file systems such as Windows based PC or photo camera If the disk does not have the right file system then you will get an error message In that case the disk has to be formatted first ACTi camera provides convenient formatting function within Web Configurator Format When the disk is inserted to the camera for the first time it is recommended to format it to make sure the file system of the disk would be compatible with camera If the disk has already been mounted the Format button is grayed out unmount the disk first to enable the Format button Mount Storage Media Format Storage Media Scan Storage Media Message from webpage It will take few minutes Please DO NOT reboot or power off the device during format VVAVAVAYA Aol LUO aa RA ACT Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 storage media was formatted completely chow Log Close Storage media was formatted completely DISK_FORMAT LOG 1 0 records in 1 0 records out Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table nor Sun SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel Changes will remain in memory only until you decide to write them After that the previous content won t be recoverable The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 120288 Format Failure If the disk is damaged or it is not within the specifications of the camera the formatting may fail When this happens there is no way to continue us
59. d to do so The mark before Video indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it Once expanded the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark Comers een The Camera Options sub section is available only for Fisheye cameras and 1 3MP camera with 60fps The Camera Options screen varies depending on the camera type Camera Options on Fisheye Cameras Choose the Mounting Type according to how the camera is mounted to display the appropriate view There are two options Ceiling or Wall For Ceiling mount a double panorama is shown on the window showing the upper and lower hemisphere of the video For Wall mount a single panorama view is shown 1 2012 04 01 00 20 39 Mounting Type Ceiling so ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Camera Options 2012 04 01 00 21 36 a 5 Y Mounting Type Wai f Camera Options on 1 3MP Cameras Cameras with 1 3MP resolution have a high frame rate mode of 60fps By default high frame mode is disabled To enable this feature select the maximum resolution and frame rate on High Frame Mode some video settings such as Exposure and White Balance etc will be automatically configured This configuration will automatically be set as the video stream 1 and the original configuration of stream 1 will now be video Stream 2 2012 09 15 03 09 52 High Frame Mode 1250x72060FPS w 5 ACT
60. e step focus in or focus out im icons until the desired focus is achieved When an option is selected click the Refocus button to apply the focus adjustment 23 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 How to Set Touring Preset Points Preset points are user defined areas that the camera can zoom in to Aseries of preset points can be grouped as one Tour To create a preset point do the following On Preset click a F icon to start creating a preset point Under the Name field type a preset point name Pan tilt and zoom on the area that you want to set as the preset point Once done click the E icon again to close and complete the preset point Repeat the above procedures to create more preset points R P YS To go to the preset point directly click EJ To delete the preset point click Ea How to Set and Enable Tours Once a preset point is created the Touring Control page tab appears Click the Touring Control page tab to configure the Preset Tour A Preset Tour directs the camera to cycle through a sequence of preset points and how long to stay on each preset point Preset Touring Control Touring Control Disabled To set or modify a tour do the following 1 On Select a Preset Point select a tour and then click Edit Tour 24 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 2 Select a preset point from the list set the dur
61. e the mouse cursor over the Live View the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in out e g cP oo Click or drag the mouse to zoom in out the camera view 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 How to Set the Home Position Save current position as home position Apply Remove 1 Pan tilt and zoom on the area that you want to set as the home position 2 Click the Apply button on the Save current position as home position How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol PTZ Vendor Protocol ACTVACTI j Addr 0 ACTi cameras and video management systems fully support the URL Command a high level PT command set However in case the cameras will be used with devices from third party vendors that only support Serial Hex Command low level PT command set users must select the PTZ Vendor Protocol to use and its address Otherwise leave the default settings How to Adjust the Focus After zooming the camera in or out it is recommended to readjust the focus in Focus Control Focus Control Mode Manual step Size Stepped Focusing Options are e Auto Refocus after Zoom Select this option to let the camera automatically adjust the focus after zooming e Manual Select this option to manually adjust the focus This feature is useful if the automatic focus position is not the position that the user wants to achieve To adjust the focus manually select the Step Size and then click th
62. each camera E Losuat however is designed to explain all the possible functions Several items in the Setup page are divided into groups such as Network IP Settings etc You can expand the groups to see the sub items by pressing the button The following chapters of this manual explain each Setup item separately The chapters are listed in the same order as the list of Setup menu items 20 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Host be The section Host allows the administrator to define the name of the camera and preferred user interface language Host Name Camera Language English Camera Name Front Gate Apply Reset There are two kinds of names Host Name and Camera Name Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP server In some networks with very strict security policy it is required that all the network devices should have their host name and when the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server the DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices On this page it Is possible to edit the Host Name To actually include the Host Name in DHCP discovery packet sent from a camera please go to IP Settings and make sure the device is in Dynamic IP Address mode and Use host name is checked Camera Name is used to identify the device by Video Management System or by Software
63. ection You may define two separate CGI servers IP devices are also CGI servers This means that IP devices can now issue commands to each other which creates endless possibilities for highly coordinated response The IP device can also give a loopback command to itself in effect changing almost all possible settings dynamically For detail on the commands used to control the cameras please contact your customer representative An example will help you gain a better sense of how to utilize this unique function Camera Ais a fixed camera that looks at a corridor leading to the main hall It has a motion detection window located near the point where the corridor arrives at the large hall Camera B is a PTZ camera located in the hall which is usually left on auto tour patrol When motion activity in the motion detection region triggers MD1 in Camera A this then in turn activates an event rule in Camera A that gives out a command to Camera B Camera B would then swivel to the preset point where the corridor leads into the entrance and switch to higher bit rate to temporarily provide clearer image After the event ends Camera B will go back to its normal routine in lower bit rate 75 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 HTTP Server Configuration 1 Enabled User Name User Password Network Address Network Port 80 Max Connection Time 10 sec 0 60 sec Apply Reset To setup HTTP serv
64. ed the current direction and scope of view is shown on the Miniature Fisheye view window with the red marking s ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Panorama View Mode This mode allows you to view the camera in panorama view where details can be seen more clearly When the camera is installed on the ceiling there will be two panorama views one for the upper hemisphere and another for the lower hemisphere The lower hemisphere is displayed with an inverted direction when viewed on panorama 2012 03 31 23 11 54 If Miniature Fisheye view is enabled the current scope of view is shown on the Miniature Fisheye view window with the red marking 9 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Fisheye View Mode This mode shows the camera view as though viewing from a fish s eye with the whole viewing angle in sight but details may be too small and not be seen clearly 1 2012 04 01 00 05 39 20 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 PTZ Control Panel For PTZ and Zoom Cameras AET For PTZ and zoom camera models click the PTZ button on the Live View screen to display the PTZ Control Panel On the PTZ Control Panel users can do any the following e Set the home position e Set the serial hex command protocol and address Preset e Pan the camera Save current position as home position Apply Remove e
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66. el Serial No Multicast IP Status WA 172 16 26 2 00 0F 7C 07 DE 65 A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM3911 228 5 6 1 a WF 172 16 26 4 00 0F 7C 08 17 C2 A1D 310 V4 12 02 AC Mega IP Camera TCM1111 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 6 00 0 KCM7311 228 5 6 1 l Change Network Address amp 3 WA 172 16 26 7 00 TCM6630 228 5 6 1 WF 172 16 26 10 00 Dynamic IP Address TCM4201 228 5 6 1 WA 172 16 26 11 00 4 KCM3911 228 5 6 1 A 172 16 26 13 00 4 Static IP Address KCMS111 228 5 6 1 F WF 172 16 26 40 00 KCM5211 228 5 6 1 Starting IP Address E Ki 172 16 26 41 00 0 KCM5311 228 5 6 1 WF 172 16 26 50 00 Netmask KCM5111 228 5 6 1 WA 172 16 26 52 00 4 KCM5311 228 5 6 1 WA 172 16 26 53 00 4 aay TCM5311 228 5 6 1 F WA 172 16 26 54 00 TCMS611 228 5 6 1 A WF 172 16 26 55 00 4 pply TCM5111 228 5 6 1 WF 172 16 26 57 00 0F 7C 04 87 AID U V4 12 09 Video Server TCD2100 228 5 6 1 16 26 0F 7C 04 32 l V4 12 degapixel IP Camera 5 6 WA 172 16 26 61 00 0F 7C 04 32 E3 A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC M ixel IP C TCM1231 228 5 6 1 With the procedure shown above all the cameras will have unique IP addresses starting from 192 168 0 101 In case there are 20 cameras selected the last one of the cameras would have the IP 192 168 0 120 Later by pressing the Refresh button of the IP Utility you will be able to see the list of cameras with their new IP addresses Please note that it is also possible to change the IP addres
67. en uploading video snapshots via email these fields are required Video Source Choosing the video source from video 1 or video 2 Auto Naming Rules for Files and Folders To properly track images and videos a well thought out naming rule is necessary There are a number of automatic variables available to design a proper naming system which may be used both on files and folders Symbol Description Example YYYY 4 digits for year 2009 for year 2009 YY the last 2 digits of 4 digits year 09 for year 2009 MM two digits for month 01 12 01 for January DD two digits for date 01 31 01 for the 1st day of a month hh two digits for hour 00 23 mm two digits for minute 00 59 SS two digits for second 00 59 W a space character N camera name camera 1 File serial counter It starts from 1 in every uploading task The counter will Y T2345 be increased by 1 for next uploading file Example 1 Entrance YYYY MM DD hh mmi ss for time 2009 06 05 22 50 30 The full name is Entrance 2009 06 05 225030 2 X_ w N_TEST Y for camera name is my camera and three successive uploaded files The full names of these three files are X_ my camera_TEST1 X_ my camera_TEST2 X_ my camera_TEST3 B1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Send URL commands Pre requisites HTTP CGI server setup Send URL commands SendCommandito 4HTTPCGI1 Test Command as eventis triggered
68. er by Motion an eam 1 Oo en Region 3 Response To Send notification message Upload video snapshot Image1 Image2 E mage 3 Send URL command Scheduled Snapshots Media configuration Upload video snapshot 1 V Upload Media Type Snapshot Video Test Upload Media To Local Storage v Upload Period 1 0 86400 seconds Images during Upload Period 1 Use 0 for maximum number of images Image File Name snapshot_ hh mm ss_ Y naming rule Upload Path naming rule Video Source 1 7 Upload video snapshot 2 Upload video snapshot 3 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Schedule configuration Enabled Active on Mon Tue F Wed W Fri Sat W Sun Time hall ki Duration 4 max 168 00 hours Triggered by Scheduler Y Once Every 1 Minutes Response To Send notification message W Upload video snapshot W Image1 E Image 2 E Image 3 Change Motion Detection Profile Send URL command As a result There will be one snapshot from Media 1 stored on local storage once every minute 24 hours a day The snapshots can be accessible from Local Storage gt File Management D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 System System The section System provides the list of functions that help manage the camera The mark before System indicates that the li
69. erritory therefore each of those cameras should be connected to Internet in order to become accessible by Control Center For example the chain stores bus stops currency exchange booths etc In such cases one of the practical networking solutions is to use DSL modem on camera site and let the camera obtain the dynamic IP address from the Internet Service Provider through the DSL modem using PPPoE connection which is much more cost effective than applying for static IP address PPPoE Connection with Dynamic IP address Internet IP Camera DSL Modem Control Center NVR Video Stream from camera to NVR Commands from NVR to camera s IP address However there is one drawback in this solution in order to do the remote surveillance from the Control Center the NVR Server in the Control Center has to know the address of the IP camera at all times in order to get the video stream from the camera If the camera s network connection has been reset for any reason the camera will get a new IP address through DSL Modem which may be different from the previous one NVR will not know about this change and the connection between the camera and NVR will fail There however exists a solution that makes sure the NVR can find the camera even if the camera IP changes frequently Our cameras support Dynamic DNS or DDNS service that allows frequently changing IP be mapped to a certain unchangeable domain name The mapping da
70. ers make sure to enable the HTTP server enter the user name the user password Network HTTP Server address Network HTTP Server port number and Max connection time before timeout in seconds After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Event Configuration Event configurations are the responses to be performed when an event is triggered For most types of responses you can create several different preset responses then mix and match in event rules The configurable responses are classified as Digital I O ports Notification messages Upload Video Snapshot and Audio and Send URL Commands Event Configuration Digital VO ports Notification message Edit Upload video snapshot and Audio Send URL commands Edit NOTE Digital I O ports appear only for the camera models that support this function rs D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Digital I O ports Digital input output ports select models only are used to connect digital input DI and digital output DO devices DI is a trigger device like a switch or sensor e g panic button which when pressed or triggered notifies the camera to perform specific actions or the DO device to respond DO s can be alarms or lights etc Digital Input Port DI 1 0 0 DI 2 0 0 Digital Output Port Port Active Level Interv
71. ess Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 10 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Network ToS UPnP Bonjour ONVIF Network The section Network contains the controls for following functions Type of Service UPnP Bonjour ONVIF Type of Service The Type of Service provides 4 options to define ee the priorities of how the data from the camera should be handled by the routers that support ToS er concept By the default the ToS priority is set as Aey Reset Normal Service Minimize Delay Maximize Throughput Maximize Reliability For special priority arrangement there are 3 more options Minimize Delay Maximize Throughput Maximize Reliability After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet UPnP The section UPnP provides the option to enable or ate disable the Universal Plug and Play capability of the F Enabled camera Having the UPnP enabled allows the Friendly Name 011 A 4 02 126 00015 other network devices to seamlessly discover it on Apply Reset the network for convenient identification and access The Friendly Name is a human readable name for the device that will be displayed when the camera is found By default the serial number
72. essage and then determine what type of message to send HTTP CGI or email If you are sending to CGI server you need to enter the CGI path the URL command itself and an optional message If you are sending email please enter the recipient E Mail address the email subject and the body message After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 7 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Upload Video snapshot Pre requisites SMTP server FTP server HTTP CGI server setup IP devices may send video recording snapshots to your chosen server upon event Video will be in RAW format while snapshots will be JPG files You can define up to three groups of settings to upload video snapshot Snapshots can be sent to FTP HTTP CGI e Mail or local storage for select models only while video can only be uploaded to FTP HTTP CGI servers or local storage for select models If Audio in is enabled in device the uploaded video will include audio The parameters needed to setup this function are different for each task combination Snapshot ftp or video HTTP etc and are explained below Enable Upload video snapshot and Audio 1 Upload Media Snapshot Video Upload MediaType Snapshot Video Type Upload Media to Upload Media To E Mail Image during Images during Upload Pe
73. h might affect the compatibility In such cases please use Internet Explorer browser instead When using Internet Explorer browser the ActiveX control for video stream management will be downloaded from the camera directly the user just has to accept the use of such control when prompted so No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to cover all functions of the camera 10 gt lt ACT Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Assuming that the camera s IP address is 192 168 0 100 you can access it by opening the Web browser and typing the following address into Web browser s address bar http 192 168 0 100 Upon successful connection to the camera the user interface called Web Configurator would appear together with the login page The HTTP port number was not added behind the IP address since the default HTTP port of the camera is 80 which can be omitted from the address for convenience r llc a E http 192 168 0100 O gt X S web Configurator i Web Configurator Account Password Language English x ton Reset Before logging in you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the camera Account Admin Password 123456 1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Live View This sectio
74. hreshold level for each motion detection region In order to understand all of the above even better please refer to the table below containing four possible combinations of settings using sensitivity level and trigger threshold percentage 57 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 The objects listed in each cell will trigger an alarm under given settings Low threshold 0 5 High threshold 5 100 Y Low sensitivity ae 0 65 Big and fast High sensitivity el aaciasts en Big and slow ge Small and fast A7 TER Big and slow Small and slow E The camera s default sensitivity is 70 and threshold is 10 By these default values only the rabbit and the turtle would trigger an alarm while the butterfly and the snail would be ignored by the motion detection system Important Please remember that changing the size of the motion detection region has an impact on the threshold the bigger is the size of the motion detection region the smaller should be the threshold value if you want the same object size to trigger motion For example if you increase the motion detection region to twice the previous size please remember to reduce the threshold to half its original value from 10 to 5 On the other hand changing the location of the motion detection region has no impact on threshold Trigger interval The last configuration item is the trigger interval It is the time period fro
75. ice will Start to buffer video in its internal memory The maximum pre buffer is 10 seconds When an event requires video upload the IP device will first upload the video taken right before the event then keep uploading until it reaches the upload time Image File Name Upload Path You will need to specify rule for file names and upload paths upload path is not needed for Email Just put a slash in the field The rules contain flexible parameters Asample rule and corresponding filename will look like this Front_Door YYYY MM DD hh mm ss Front_Door 2009 10 12 195037 JPG Upload Path folders may also be named dynamically For the IP device to create folders on FTP and HTTP CGI servers properly your FTP CGI account will need to have permission to create folders For syntax on auto naming please see online help or the inset box at the end of this section The symbol cannot be the first character in filename or upload path Please use either an alphabet or a number as the starting character For Upload Path be sure to start and end eith a backslash An example will be Backgate MM DD B0 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 CGI path amp Program Some CGI servers may require special info and settings Please refer to CGI server designer for this section IP devices do not allow upload of Snapshots Video into their embedded CGI servers E Mail Recipient Subject Wh
76. igured under Web Configurator s Setup page To see how each of the stream looks like there are quick buttons on the Live View page _ Show the Stream 1 video oa Show the Stream 2 video When pressing the Stream 2 button the Live View would look like this Web Configurator x CIL 2 2012 10 01 07 47 45 a D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 To capture the snapshots of the current live view press the snapshot button The snapshots are saved in Pictures folder Take a Snapshot Cameras with audio function have the audio controls on Live View page 0 Speak to Camera To speak to the camera press the X button If the camera is connected to a network video recorder the audio will be recorded with the video stream To adjust the volume level of the speakers connected to the PC that runs the Web Configurator in order to hear the audio from the camera s microphone or line in device use the audio controls as below Audio Muted Oe Audio level adjusted to the maximum 4 4 This volume control appears on the user interface only when the Audio in function of the camera has been Enabled under Setup page The digital output controls appear on the Live View page of the cameras with digital input output function The controls allow users to manually trigger a DO device Select DO Port Each DO ports are controlled separately For cameras w
77. include in the response set Two different commands will be sent at the time when the event is triggered and un triggered Change to Night Mode Selected models only For some models you may force the Camera into Night mode The camera will return to its previous setting whether auto or forced day night upon the end of the event Go to a preset point if the device is a PTZ camera and there are preset points already configured in PTZ setup page then you may include this in the response section of the event rule by using Send URL Command method It is possible to let the camera return to another preset point at the end of the event After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Manual Event You may select one event in the Manual Event area below the event list to be triggered via web user interface Manual Event Eventi can be triggered manaully Apply Reset After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Once selected the trigger button on the video display screen will show as clickable Click to trigger the selected event This is useful during event rule testing The live view panel would look like this Web Configurator x mA x Q a z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware
78. ing that disk and it has to be replaced with a proper one 92 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Scan To check the health of the disk it is possible to use the Scan function If the disk has already been mounted the Scan button is grayed out unmount the disk first to enable the Scan button Mount Storage Media Format Storage Media scan Storage Media It will take few minutes Please DO NOT reboot or power off the device during scan storage media was scanned completely chow Log Close Storage media was scanned completely DISK SCAN LOG e2fsck 1 42 6 21 Sep 2012 dev synopblockai clean 16 240960 files 33405 962302 blocks Scan Failure The scanning would fail if the disk is not recognized by the camera Make sure that the disk has been properly formatted and mounted to the camera ba ACT Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Setup Local Storage Status Utilities File Management The Setup function provides the option to manage the file writing behavior of the camera By default the camera is set to Remove old recordings when ran out of storage space automatically By using this mode the camera s recording process will not be interrupted when the disk becomes full the oldest files will be overwritten by new recordings Setup a Remove old recordings when ran out of storage space automatica
79. ing the text so small is to provide sufficient legal evidence while blocking the smallest possible area of the video to avoid valuable video evidence being blocked by text overlay The text will be embedded into video and cannot be removed later upon playback or export 2 Cover up some sensitive areas of the video that should not be captured by the camera such as manager s computer screen or bathroom entrance This function is called Privacy Mask It is possible to configure several independent regions for masking Microsoft Internet Explorer browser is required to configure the Privacy Mask The privacy masks will be embedded into video and cannot be removed later upon playback or export Text Overlay OSD Setup It is possible to define up to 4 regions of text If more than 1 region of text is enabled and positioned in the same location then the texts will appear one below another row by row OSD Y 1 2 ma 0 Bottom v 3 B 0 Bottom v 4 ma 0 Bottom v Apply Reset In the example above one region of text was enabled with blue color and 50 transparency located at left lower corner and containing the text of Office View together with current date The date would be automatically changing every day according to camera s date and time settings The result of the example configuration would look like this Live View page 1 1 scale Pi ce egal E lesii l 4 7 ACTI Connecting Vision vA
80. ion At the same time it moves to the pre set location it increases the bitrate from 1M to 3M and the frame rate from 4 fps to 8 fps The bitrate fos changes are reverted at the end of event p2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Event List You may define a maximum of 10 Event rules which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event List panel It will display under each Event ID the days of the week it will be active the start time and duration of the active period the type of the source of trigger and the actions used in the response If the row is grayed out this means the rule is currently not enabled and stays inactive Event List 1234567 00 00 24 00 MD1 CMDO1 i 2 3 4 5 5 T 8 9 10 You may start creating a new event by clicking the event ID number in the list for example 2 There are several parts to the Event rule When is it active You may choose to enable the rule or not The settings will be kept in internal memory even if the event rule is disabled Select the days in a weekly cycle in which this rule and schedule is active Determine the start time and duration of the active period For example a rule that lets motion detection trigger snapshot uploads to FTP would only take place after 19 00 each day for 12 hours Outside of this time the rule will not be active In the example below the event handler rule is active 24 hours a day 7 days a
81. is to avoid motion blur caused by too slow shutter at night lt is also important to Know that very high shutter speed is not recommended for indoor solutions with artificial light that flashes with certain frequency as it may produce flickering effect regardless of Exposure mode 5 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Shutter speed choices according to environment Shutter 1 250 1 500 1 1000 1 2000 Speed CACICA In extreme low light conditions the shutter speed is slown down to get more light into one image but not slower than the user defined threshold If the exposure time extends beyond the interval between frames too slow shutter i e 1 30 second then the frame rate will be automatically reduced Longer time in this value gives clearer images at night for slow moving objects but more motion blur for fast moving objects White balance refers to the capability of the camera to understand what true white color is When the camera knows the true white color then the rest of the colors will be accurate too While human eye can easily adapt to different lighting sources even mixed sources such as sun light through the window and indoor lights turned on at the same time the camera has to understand what is the dominant light source in given scene and what is the white color of such light source By default the camera is in auto white balance mode and attempt
82. ith more than one DO ports select the DO port and press to set the output power level to high or to set the output power level to low Consequently setting the port to a high power level activates the DO device and setting the 9 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 port to a low power level deactivates the DO device For example if an alarm is set as DO1 and is pressed the alarm will continuously sound until Q is pressed to deactivate the device 1e ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 View Modes For Fisheye cameras the Miniature Fisheye View and View Mode buttons appear on the Live View screen Web Configurator z ia Qe 1 2012 03 31 21 15 09 N By default a miniature of the Fisheye view is shown on the lower right corner of the Live View press to hide the miniature fisheye view or to display it You can change the viewing mode into ePTZ View Mode d Panorama View Mode Fisheye View Mode 7 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 ePTZ View Mode ePTZ mode works as an optical PTZ pan tilt zoom function You can change the viewing direction by moving the mouse over the Live View screen and clicking towards the direction you wish to view The mouse cursor is represented by a red mark 2012 03 31 21 31 26 If Miniature Fisheye view is enabl
83. l project requirements Please note that in most cases it is highly recommended to keep the camera in Auto Exposure mode and let the intelligent system of the camera find the best possible exposure settings instead Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Hold Exposure Gain 2 Shutter Speed 130 Line Frequency 60Hz Apply Reset In manual exposure mode the user can directly adjust the signal gain and shutter speed manually The White Balance and Line Frequency controls have already been explained in the previous chapter NOTE WDR is disabled in manual exposure mode see Image on page 61 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 OSD Privacy Mask osniPvacy Mask The section OSD Privacy Mask allows user to do one of the two on video operations NOTE Privacy Mask is not available on zoom and PT Z cameras under the E and B camera series 1 Add text to the upper or lower left corner of the video This function is called Text Overlay or On Screen Display OSD It is possible to display the camera name date and time IP address or any custom text as Text Overlay The text is kept as small as possible and is not resizable The text can be read normally when the video is enlarged on the display to 1 1 ratio The purpose of hav
84. le System Status Micro SD 3 46 3 57 Free Total Di In case of IP cameras with installed memory cards the Storage Media Type will show Micro SD NOTE Supports microSDHC and microSDXC cards only The capacity of the disk is shown in Gigabytes The file system is Linux based EXT3 which is different from Windows based PC file systems If you remove the storage from the camera and plug it directly to Windows based PC it may not be able to read its content The chapter File Management explains the correct ways of accessing files of the local storage z gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Utilities The Utilities are responsible for managing the storage itself rather than the files on the storage There are three utilities Mount Format and Scan Mount Storage Media Format Storage Media scan Storage Media Mount When the Mount storage media button shows Mount button then it means that the mass storage has been inserted to the camera but the connection between camera and the storage has not been established yet By pressing the Mount button the storage becomes active It is then possible to check the Status of the disk write or read data on the disk remotely access the storage by Web Configurator or FTP client etc When pressing the Mount button the mounting process will start Mount Storage Media Format Storage Media
85. lly Send a notification when the free storage spaceislowerthan 1 storage capacity Device is alerted when the free space is lower than this setting To get this notification you need to set the Event function Please refer to Event configuration page Apply Reset Please note that under this mode there is a risk that important evidence may be deleted automatically over a period of time Therefore as long as recycling mode is used the user should download the critical evidence files from the camera before they are erased by the camera When the Send a notification when the free storage space is lower than option is chosen then the existing files would not be overwritten by the camera and the recording process would stop when the disk is full Setup Remove old recordings when ran out of storage space automatically e Send a notification when the free storage space is lower than gt storage capacity Device is alerted when the free space is lower than this setting To get this notification you need to set the Event function Please refer to Event configuration page a4 Po ACT Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 By this option the possibility of sending notification e mails automatically has been enabled The refers to the remaining size of available storage at which the camera should send a notification e mail in case such task has been listed in Event
86. ls To set the camera in PPPoE mode set the radio button to PPPoE and key in the User Name and Password provided by Internet Service Provider After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet New IP address settings will only take effect after pressing System gt Save amp Reboot 1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 DNS DNS The section DNS allows setting up the Domain Name Service for the camera The camera will connect to the DNS server when there is a need to resolve a domain name for sending data to The most common usage is the ftp or e mail server in the Event Handler section is defined by using domain names Without having DNS service configured the camera would not know how to resolve the domain names of FTP or e mail servers lt is possible to configure both Primary and Secondary DNS servers The Secondary DNS Server will be used when the connection to the Primary DNS Server fails Primary DNS Serer 0 Secondary DNS Sever 0 Apply After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 DDNS DDNS There are surveillance solutions that consist of single cameras scattered over a wide t
87. m the beginning of the triggered event during which the all motion activities are ignored by the camera This is designed to avoid needless repetitive reporting of the same intrusion Trigger interval 20 seconds would mean that when the even happens camera will take certain one time actions and ignore the continuing activity in the motion detection region for 20 seconds When 20 seconds are over the camera will produce a new alarm if there are still action in the motion detection region and take actions again so D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 There is one more item on the Motion Detection configuration Sensitivity 1 7 70 v Detection Think of them as Profile 1 Runtime MD Profile and 2 70 page which was not explained above the Profile of Motion 3 70 vx Profile 2 Event MD Profile It means that you can configure two independent groups of Motion Detection regions with at most 3 regions in each group Normally the Profile 1 Runtime MD Profile is used as an active profile of the camera However in some cases it is possible to let the camera switch to Profile 2 by using the Event Handler system of the camera For example you might want to have different motion detection parameters for day and night time Then the two profiles become really handy In such case remember to configure the motion detection parameters for both profiles before moving on to configure the eve
88. mode to Night mode does Black image NOT have the most extreme value 100 Manual iris open the iris by rotating the ring towards O Remove the protective cap of the lens during installation D4 ACTi Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Make sure the dome or bullet cover is tightly mounted Reduce the AE reference target IR light reflection in Auto Exposure mode Reduce the Exposure Gain in Manual Exposure mode Streaming Quality Troubleshooting In auto exposure mode set the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to be not slower than the Frame Rate Too interval of frames In manual exposure mode set the Shutter Speed to be not slower Low at Night than the interval of frames Use dual stream stream 1 for recording stream 2 for live view Lower the bitrate Lower the resolution if acceptable for user Check the cable quality Make sure to use Latency industrial grade switches and routers Check the NVR server amp client PC requirements from NVR manual Use the NVR that has the video smoothening algorithm for live view and playback Use the Playback function of NVR use frame by frame validation of jitter looking sections to see if any frames are dropped To troubleshoot the data switch router and Dropped Frames VMS computer you may also ask for assistance from technical support team of camera manufacturer Connecting Vision
89. n The buttons shown on the Live View page vary depending on the functions supported by the camera If the resolution of the PC s monitor is bigger than the resolution of the live video you will be able to see the whole size of the video immediately If not you will only see part of the video at first and you would have to use the scroll bars to see the rest of the video area In order to see the whole video on your display you can temporarily re scale the video to better fit your screen by pressing the digital zoom buttons __ Enlarge the video size digitally a Q Reduce the video size digitally 9 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Notice These digital zoom adjustments do not influence the actual video resolution of the camera Regardless of how large or small the video appears on the display after pressing the digital zoom buttons the actual video stream size of the camera is the same as before You can also digitally re scale the video to fully match the size of your display with just 1 click gt a Full screen Mode You may use ESC key from the keyboard to exit the full screen mode The cameras have the dual stream capability the Stream 1 is usually the high resolution stream with the purpose of being recorded by NVR while Stream 2 has lighter video configuration for NVR live view purposes to reduce the computing power of the NVR PC Both streams can be conf
90. n describes how to configure the IP camera The administrator has unlimited access to all settings while the normal user can only view live video Login Initially there exists only administrator s account in Login the camera Account Admin Password 123456 you have to use that account to log in Eek in Password sess You can later create normal user accounts with 3 Language English limited access rights if necessary epr Login EDR Espa ol Feel free to choose your local language from the list ea gt i Fran ais of languages or keep it as English After pressing ja Nederlands Login you will be able to access the user interface n Romana of Web Configurator Upon successful login you will be able to see the Live View page In case of Internet Explorer browser you may be prompted to allow the installation of Install ActiveX control from the camera Press Install then The live video will appear shortly after that 12 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Live View The live view will appear automatically with the video resolution of 1280x720 1MP cameras or 1920x1080 2 5MP cameras Web Configurator X aE xz eile 1 2012 10 01 07 23 51 While being on the Live View page the Live View icon appears as being pressed o If you leave the Live View page you can later return by pressing that butto
91. necting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Save amp Reboot Save amp Reboot The Save amp Reboot section allows saving the settings and rebooting the camera remotely This is critical because some settings might not take effect before save amp reboot Save amp Reboot Click apply to save all settings and reboot this device Please wait 30 seconds for system reboot And the window will close in 3 seconds Apply D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Logout Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP device Be sure to logout this IP device once you have completed all the tasks via Web Configurator D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Troubleshooting Although the default settings of the camera are ideal for 90 of the cases there may be some rare cases when the settings need to be adjusted or the device has to be examined The following section provides easy troubleshooting solutions for most cases In some occasions the unexpected symptoms may be the result of selecting the product that is not suitable for given environment For more detailed explanations and instructions of each situation please refer to the complete Troubleshooting Guide at http www acti com kb detail aso KB ID KB20130130001 Image Quality Troubleshooting Problem Solution Motion blur Increase shutter soeed Blurry image Auto Focus Refocus b
92. nstall or change a program Map network drive Either the server does not allow anonymous logins or the e mail address was not accepted FTP server 172 16 26 88 User name Admin Password eocccee After you log on you can add this server to your Favorites and return to it easily FTP does not encrypt or encode passwords or data before sending them to the server To protect the security of your passwords and data use WebDAV instead T Log on anonymously Save password Log On Cancel Gh snapshot_2012 06 22 09 02 26 708 jpg 914 KB fh snapshot_2012 06 22 09 03 11_044 jpg 518 KB Gah snapshot_2012 06 22 09 03 42_245 jpg 512 KB Gah snapshot_2012 06 22 09 05 11_079 jpg 515 KB Gah snapshot_2012 06 22 09 05 36_497 jpg 903 KB Gah snapshot_2012 06 22 09 07 11_096 jpg 914 KB fh snapshot_2012 06 22 09 08 22 788 jpg 498 KB Gh snapshot_2012 06 22 09 09 02_207 jpg 301 KB ah snapshot_2012 06 22 09 09 11_065 jpg 512 KB fh snapshot_2012 06 22 09 11 11_053 jpg 512 KB Gi snapshot_2012 06 22 09 12 30_617 jpg 510 KB Gah sna pshot_2012 06 22 09 13 11 076jpg 916 KB Gah snapshot_2012 06 22 09 13 34_260 jpg 511 KB Gah snapshot_2012 06 22 09 15 11_094 jpg 317 KB IPG JPG JPG JPG JPG IPG IPG IPG JPG JPG JPG JPG JPG IPG Notice You may download files via FTP for your convenience but do not delete any of the files via FTP because it would cause inconsistency between camera s file database an
93. nt response system After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet sa D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Day Night Day Night dien The section Day Night allows user to control the switching between day mode and night mode This section will be displayed only for day night models DawNight Mode Auto IRLED Control Auto Switch fram Day mode to Night mode 50 Apply Reset There are three modes Auto The camera will automatically switch between day mode color and night mode black white under certain exposure level defined by user at Switch from Day mode to Night mode Day Night mode Day The camera always stays in day mode color regardless of exposure level Night The camera always stays in night mode black white regardless of exposure level This feature is visible only in camera with built in IR LED There are two modes IR LED Control Auto The built in IR LED will be turned on automatically upon day to night switch and turned off upon night to day switch Disabled The IR LED will be off regardless of day and night mode The scale of 0 100 allows user define the exposure level at which the witch from Day mode day to night switch should happen The higher is the value the darker to Night mode the environment has to be to trigger the day to night switch
94. ood example is an alarm siren wherein the siren will start sounding only when it is triggered by an event or another device like a DI The siren will stop sounding once the set interval time elapsed After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not yet applied or saved 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Notification message Pre requisites SMTP server HTTP CGI server setup Notification messages may be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server If sent to a CGI server it works the same as an URL command but it does not allow a second message at end of event You may configure up to three preset massages You can configure a message but disable it This will allow you to keep the settings without using it which will be useful in testing and troubleshooting Notification message 1 W Sendmessageto HTTPCGI1 Test CGI Path amp Program fcgi bin cmd encoder including path of CGI program URL Command PT _PRESET_GO 1 Message Look at Front Door Notification message 2 W Send message to E Mail Recipients Subject Message E Mail Test supervisorga test com using for multiple addresses Intrusion Detected Someone just entered Notification message 3 C Fields must be filled in To setup Notification Messages make sure to enable the m
95. oth should have very similar IP addresses where only the last number of the IP address is different from each other There are 2 different approaches to IP Address management in Local Area Networks by DHCP Server or Manually Using DHCP server to assign IP addresses If you have connected the computer and the camera into the network that has a DHCP server running then you do not need to configure the IP addresses at all both the camera and the PC would request a unique IP address from DHCP server automatically In such case the camera will immediately be ready for the access from the PC The user however might not know the IP address of the camera yet It is necessary to know the IP address of the camera in other to be able to access it by using a Web browser The quickest way to discover the cameras in the network is to use the simplest network search built in the Windows system just by pressing the Network icon all the cameras of the local area network will be discovered by Windows thanks to the UPnP function support of our Cameras 6 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 In the example below we successfully found D11 camera that we had just connected to the network ACM3701 10H X 00473 a B Desktop ACM3701 12G E 00300 gt J Libraries J ACM4201 09C X 00538 gt B NP I ACM8511 09K x 00006 gt fl Computer D11 AA 02 126 00015 JE a aaa
96. pe 1 define the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the number of the week in the month First Second Third or Last week Type 2 define the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the exact date in the month 1 31 Whether to choose Type 1 or Type 2 please refer to the daylight saving policy of given country After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 2 pe ACTI Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Network Network The section Network provides the list of network related functions and services The mark before Network indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on tt Once expanded the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark IP Address Filtering IP Address Filtering By IP Address Filtering function it is possible to define which devices their IP addresses are allowed to connect to this camera and which devices are forbidden to connect to this camera Check the box Enabled to activate the IP address filtering function and press Apply IP Address Filtering E Enabled Apply Reset Below you can select either Allowed or Blocked list to add items there and Enable them with the checkbox behind each row IP Address Filtering Enabled Set IP address a2 Blocked IP Address Netmasks 4 0 0 0 0 0
97. r s Manual V6 05 23 As aresult the camera will be continuously recording having each video file with the length of 1 minute Event Triggered Snapshots Choose the Upload video snapshot item in the Event Configuration page and check the Upload Media Type as Snapshot if you want to save images to camera s local storage Upload video snapshot 1 v Upload MediaType Snapshot Video Test Upload Media To Local Storage v Upload Period 1 0 86400 seconds Images during Upload Period 1 Use 0 for maximum number of images Image File Name snapshot_ hh mm ss_ Y naming rule Upload Path naming rule Video Source 1 7 Upload video snapshot 2 Upload video snapshot 3 With the settings above it would create 1 snapshot within 1 second from the moment of triggered event using following file name snapshot_ YYY Y MM DD hh mm ss The naming rule of the file is similar to the video files Video Source can be either 1 or 2 depending on customer s requirements If you want VGA snapshots on local storage while NVR is getting megapixel video stream you can configure Media 2 as VGA and set Video Source as a The event rule can be exactly the same as in case of video upload ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Enabled Active on Mon Tue Wed Thr Fri Sat Sun Time OO M Duration 24 00 max 168 00 hours Triggered by i hi Trigg
98. ra to one direction up to 180 NOTE May not be available in all devices e Pan Tilt Speed Select the desired pan tilt soeed The bigger the number the faster the speed is TIP While the PTZ Control Panel is open instead of using the pan tilt controls move the mouse cursor over the Live View the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in out or directional icons e g P mm D ea etc Click or drag the mouse to zoom in out or pan tilt the camera view How to Zoom the Camera In or Out Zooming can be done continuously or by one step one click at a time Zoom Control Digital Zoom Disabled Speed 5 im Continous Zooming Wia a Step Size 100 Stepped Zooming Es To zoom continuously do the following 1 On Zoom Control select the Speed wherein the bigger the number the faster is the zooming speed 2 Click and hold the left mouse button on zoom in or zoom out Esi When the mouse button is released zooming stops To zoom by step zooming do the following 1 On Zoom Control enter the desired step size Size is the amount of zoom scale taken in each step 2 Click the left mouse button on zoom in or zoom out rm One zoom step is taken for each click For PTZ camera models users can enable the Digital Zoom feature When enabled once the optical zoom reached its maximum the camera continues to zoom in the image using digital ZOOM TIP While the PTZ Control Panel is open instead of using buttons mov
99. riod 0 Y YY Y Upload Period Use 0 for maximum number of images Image File Name Image File Name Front_Door_ YWyy_ MM_ DD CGI Path amp Y Y CGI Path amp Program Program ane E Mail Recipients using for multiple addressed 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Upload Video snapshot and Audio checkbox this decides if this rule is in effect or disabled Sometimes it is useful to keep the settings for troubleshooting purposes but keep them as disabled Upload Media to these define the task at hand and change the field that needs to be filled out Upload Period IP device will provide video snapshots for the number of seconds here It will stop uploading video snapshot at the end of this period If you have video management software recording from this camera at the same time the normal recording through NVR will not be affected and goes on throughout the event period and afterwards But the special upload session will end as the event ends Image during Upload Period This is used only by snapshots This tells the camera how many Snapshots it should attempt to capture during the Upload Time If this value is set to 0 then the IP device will attempt to capture as many snapshots as possible Depending upon the device loading the number of snapshots taken may not reach the number you specified Pre Buffer Time This is only used by video If this is set to more than 0 then the IP dev
100. rt Warm Start Authentication Failure Apply Reset SNMP traps enable notifications from devices Devices may send message to the management server whenever significant events occur such as cold start warm start and authentication failure The manager will get the information immediately and take action if necessary Cold start means device reboot by power disconnection Warm start means device reboot by firmware without power disconnection If there other parties attempt to connect to the device with wrong security password under SNMP V1 V2 or V3 setting the device will send an authentication failure message to the management server To enable SNMP Trap function in the camera type the IP address of the computer running the SNMP management software and type trap community as password to allow server to get trap message from device Default is public Select available traps and click Apply Camera s SNMP offers following information Group Description Provide general information about the managed device System cae Ex system description system name Wisnnee Provide general information from the physical interfaces Ex interface speed MAC address Provide information about the mapping between network addresses and physical Address oo addresses for each physical interface Ex The IP MAC addresses to connect to the managed device Provide the status and operation of Network Layer Layer 3 Ex the information
101. s is available to selected models only When camera changes between day and night modes the embedded event handler will notice this change and may act upon this information Potential uses include changing the motion detection profile to another set of Event MD parameters By having two sets of parameters each optimized for day and night this provide better overall accuracy in both day and night conditions Some night time only MD regions may also be activated this way The event period will end when the camera returns to day mode which will then reset the camera to the original settings Device boots successfully This will trigger the event responses once the device boots up You can use this to create a notification system that keeps record of when the device has been rebooted via email 4 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Reboot device This triggers the event response when the device is shut down via web UI Save and Reboot Use this to keep record of when was the device setting edited Note that this will not take effect when the device is unplugged as this is not normal shutdown Run out storage space with storage card only Fail to write storage Remove storage media What responses will occur Available responses vary depending on what triggered the event Response To send notification message C Upload video snapshots Change Motion Detection Profile send URL command
102. s to recognize the light source and its color spectrum automatically and adjusts the image accordingly This function works continuously in the background It is re evaluated for each frame to make sure if there is any change in dominant light source e g the user closes the curtains to block the sun light and turns on the indoor lights In most cases the auto white balance works perfectly and the user does not have to adjust anything In some rare installation cases especially when there are no white color objects in the field of view and the light sources are mixed the camera may have difficulty to identify the true white color to fine tune the rest of the colors In such cases the installer can help the camera to understand the true colors by placing a white object for example a piece of white paper in front of the camera to cover the whole field of view and wait a few seconds the auto white balance system will adjust the colors until the white paper 4 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 will really look white on the display At that moment the user can freeze these white balance settings by pressing the Hold button After pressing that button the White Balance will switch from Auto mode to Manual mode together with the color values captured at the moment of Hold The user can now remove the white object from the field of view and the colors will stay correct for given scene
103. ses manually by using the Web browser In such case please plug in only one camera at a time and change its IP address by using the Web browser before plugging in the next one This way the Web browser will not be confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time 9 www acti com Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Access the Camera Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the same network segment it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera You can use any of the browsers to access the camera however the full functionality is provided only for Microsoft Internet Explorer The browser functionality comparison Functionality Internet Explorer Other browsers eS PTZ Conto Capture the snapshot Video overlay based configuration Motion Detection regions Privacy Mask regions All the other configurations QuickTime http www apple com quicktime download has to be installed in PC first before using any non Internet Explorer browsers to be able to get live video feed from the camera with those browsers It is a free and open source cross platform multimedia player Disclaimer Notice The camera manufacturer does not guarantee the compatibility of its cameras with QuickTime since it is a third party software the third party has the right to modify their utility any time whic
104. st can be expanded by clicking on it Once expanded the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark User Account User Account The section User Accounts allows doing following user management tasks 1 Change the account name or password of the Root account that has a full access to the camera 2 Create up to 10 common users that only have an access for live view and PTZ control Enable disable the option of seeing the live view without needing user name and password anonymous login which is especially convenient function for camera installers on the field For security reasons account name and password is always required when entering Setup page of Web Configurator or when trying to access camera or change settings by URL commands User Account v Live view without account name and password user Account Password OO O O Root admin 123456 User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 User 5 User 6 User 7 User 8 User 9 User 10 Apply Reset After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 System Info System Info The section System Info provides the full information about camera status settings and log This information is very helpful while doing the camera configuration maintenance or troubleshooting system Information
105. t to have different video parameters for remote NVR recording and Local Storage recording then you may consider adjusting camera s media 1 and media 2 settings accordingly and then choose the right video source in Event Handler page When done just press Apply and move on to the Event List and pick any of the empty spots in the list of rules to create a new rule In our example we pick the rule 3 for setup Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Make sure to have the rule Enabled by filling the checkbox Enabled Active on Time Duration Triggered by Trigger by Motion Response To Fj Ei Mon W Tue W Wed Thr W Fri Sat E Sun oO oo 24 00 max 168 00 hours Motion Ei E Region 2 Region 3 C Send notification message Upload video snapshot Wl Image1 E Image C Image 3 Send URL command D4 ACTi Connecting Vision By the example above the camera will be 24 7 on guard to watch for motion events When motion detection region 1 detects intrusion it will trigger the response of uploading image 1 according to the parameters defined under Event Configuration earlier In other words whenever motion occurs the camera will record 3 seconds of video before the moment of motion detection and 57 seconds after that The video file can then be found under Local Storage gt File Management 103 www ac
106. tabase and its updating engine are hosted in one of the Dynamic DNS servers most of which offer basic services for free such as www dyndns org How does it work Look at the graph below 47 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Using Dynamic DNS nternet IP Camera DSL Modem Control Center NVR gt Camera notifies DDNS service when IP changed gt NVR uses camera s domain name to ask DDNS gt DDNS tells the NVR what the camera s IP is DDNS Service gt Commands from NVR to camera s IP address gt Video Stream from camera to NVR Every time the IP camera gets an IP that is different from previous one it notifies the public DDNS Service about the change The DDNS Service updates its database immediately mapping the assigned domain name for example camera123 dyndns org to the new IP address In NVR settings only the domain name camera123 dyndns org is used to identify the camera Every time when NVR needs to connect to the camera it asks from DDNS Service what the current camera s IP is The DDNS Service instantly responds to NVR and tells it the camera s IP Now NVR will use the IP of the camera to connect to the camera and the video stream from the camera to NVR can be initiated As a result NVR can always find the IP camera regardless of frequently changing IP address of the camera Since there are so many public DDNS Services available for free the
107. ti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 Scheduled Video Recording Although it is not really recommended to have full time recording on the memory card due to it being not as physically capable as a hard disk the firmware still allows it to be configured for full time recording mode Let s use the same media parameters as in previous example Since the time unit of event rule is minute based we should make sure that the media settings in seconds would add up as a round number in minutes In this case 3 57 seconds is exactly 1 minute Upload video snapshot 1 V Upload Media Type Snapshot Video Test Upload Media To Local Storage v Pre Buffer Time 3 0 10 seconds Upload Period 57 0 86400 seconds Image FileName Vid_ hh mm ss_ Y naming rule Upload Path naming rule Video Source 1 v Upload video snapshot 2 Upload video snapshot 3 In the event rule page choose Trigger by Scheduler and choose Once Every 1 Minute The rest of the items are the same as in previous example Enabled F Active on W Mon W Tue Wed W Thr W Fri W Sat E Sun Time r 00 Duration lt Y max 168 00 hours Triggered by scheduler Once Every 1 Minutes Response To Send notification message W Upload video snapshot W Image1 E Image Z Image 3 Change Motion Detection Profile Send URL command Apply D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware Use
108. utton Manual focus adjust manuall Too narrow DoF Reduce aperture size widen the viewing angle install camera farther from objects Too narrow viewing Vari focal lens widen the viewing angle Zoom lens press the zoom out button Fixed lens replace it with wide angle fixed lens or choose another model with wide angle lens Increase video resolution zoom in zoom lens or adjust lens to telephoto position Objects too small vari focal Install the camera closer to target Change to the lens with longer focal length Change the camera model with higher resolution or longer focal length Use Auto Exposure Mode and increase AE Reference Target set the Slowest Auto Underexposed Shutter Speed to slowest possible 1 5s Add external light source to illuminate the image area the camera is shooting Overexposed Use Auto Exposure Mode and reduce AE Reference Target if necessary image Enable DNR Enlarge the aperture Lower AE Reference Target in Auto Exposure mode Lower the Exposure Gain in Manual Exposure mode Lower video resolution Add extra visible or IR lights Blocking amp mosaic Increase the bitrate Wrong colors or Manually correct the colors by using white paper Hold button in Auto White Balance color rolling mode Adjust the camera s position or viewing direction Adjust the light source Make sure there is sufficient light Make sure the Day Night Mode and IR LED Control are both in Auto mode Make sure that the Switch from Day
109. week Event List 1 Enabled W Active on W Mon W Tue Wed E Thr W Fri W Sat W Sun Time OO bi Duration 4 max 168 00 hours B3 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 05 23 How is it triggered Events may be triggered by one of the several sources In the example below Motion Detection region 1 is used as the event trigger Triggered by Motion Region 1 Region 2 Trigger by Motion i Region 3 You may also ask the event to be repeatedly triggered during this scheduled time The interval is determined in minutes You may use this with email FTP upload to take snapshots at regular intervals Dis For selected models only the IP device may be triggered by Digital Input Motion You may trigger the event if one or many Motion Detection regions encounter a motion trigger Trigger from any of them will initiate the event The duration of event will be the same as the MD trigger length or the Trigger interval time defined in the Motion Detection section on Video Adjust page Video Loss This is available for video servers only When the analog video in is lost the video state will become lost and return to normal only until device receives analog video signal A common scenario is for Video Server to send email to administrator when video is lost and activate DO signal to alarm that persists until the analog signal is restored Switch to Night mode Thi

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