RF-Link Technology AWS-5832-VSR manual

1 04 1 User ’ s Manual for A WS-5832-VSR 5.8 GHz Wireless V ideo Server Document Number ： PSS08003 Page ： 1 of 51 Revision ： 1A Date ： 2008-04-28 RF-Link/Araneus USA, Inc. URL: http://www. rflinkusa.com[...]

2 04 2 About this d ocument This software q u i c k manual is intended for u ser of 5.8 GHz Wireless Video Server . The default IP setting of Wireless Video Server is DHCP . Please refer to user manual of Wireless Video Server, if there is not DHCP Server on your network. IMPORTANT  Chec k PC speci ficatio n requirements  Chec k OS plat fo rm[...]

3 04 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PRODUC T OVERVIEW ...... .................................................................................. 5 2. PRODUCT CD ...................... ................................................................................... 6 3. BEF ORE YOU IN STALL SOF TWARE .......................................................[...]

4 04 4 RULE LISTS - ADD ING/DELETING ........................................................ 31 MODIFYING RULE LISTS....................................... ................................. 31 CAPTURE ................................................................................................... ........ 32 DATE & TIME ....................[...]

5 04 5 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW AWS-5832-VSR is the first 5.8GHz wireless video server developed by RF-Link. By installing a 5.8G Hz transmitter in each of your analog camer a, and a built -in 8-ch annel receiver in AWS-5832-VSR, it can connect up to 8 cameras wirelessly without interference from all device s operating from 2.4GHz, such as Bluetooth and[...]

6 04 6 2. PRODUCT CD Produ c t CD in the package conta ins the fo llow ing: 9 IPSurveillance Appl ic ati on Softwa re NVR manage ment softwa re ¾ 16CH Live View / Rec ord i n g / Playbac k 9 User Ma nuals 3. BEFORE Y OU INS T ALL SOFTWARE 9 PC running Microsoft Windows X P Server Pack 2 or above is only capable of running IPSurveillance A pplicati[...]

7 04 7 5. HOUSING and CONNECTORS Front side look 1 : mini USB Port for configuration 2 : Channel or mode number display . This indicates mode number (Mode 1 ~ 9), if it is flashing. Or , this indicates channel number (CH 1 ~ 8 for w ireless receiver , CH 9 for wire input), it is bright. 3 : Fixed channel mode or auto-scan mode display . This indica[...]

8 04 8 if the dot display is bright. Or, this fixed channel mode, if the dot display is off. 4 : Push button for changing fixed chann el mode or auto-scan mode 5 : Push button is for changing channel number , if it is at fixed channel mode. And, it is for changing mode nu mber , if it is auto-scan mode. 6 : LED for System S tatus 7 : IR Receive r 8[...]

9 04 9 Back side look 9 : SMA connector for wireless PTZ antenna. It disappears, if wireless PTZ is not built in this device. 10 : Power Jack for 8 ~ 32 VDC input 11 : RCA connector for audio left input (CH 9) 12 : BNC connector for video input (CH 9) 13 : RCA connector for audio left input (CH 9) 14 : A/V jack for audio and video output 9 10 11 12[...]

10 04 10 15 : 5V DC output 16 : T er minal block for digit input, if wireless PTZ is not built in this device. There is no function, if wireless PTZ is built in th is device. 17 : T er minal block for digit output, if wireless PTZ is not built in this device. There is no function, if wireless PTZ is built in this device. 18 : T erminal block for RS[...]

11 04 11 6. FIRST TIME USE INSTRUCTIONS (read ca refull y) INSTAL L IPSURVEILLANCE APPLICAT ION SOFTWARE Install IPSurveillance Application Softwar e . IPScan is a s o f tw a r e utility to f ind you r w ireless video s e r ve r on the netwo r k . I t i s a pa r t o f IPSurveilla nce Application Softwa re. WHICH BROWSER TO USE? We strong ly recomme[...]

12 04 12 USING IPSCAN IPSca n s o f twa r e i s the qui c ke s t way to make s u r e we c an f ind Wireless Video Server on yo ur network. IPSurveillance Application Software setup will insta ll two applications. Yo u can see a s shown below . Sele ct IPScan. The following window appe ars a f te r you select “ IPScan ” from start menu. Pre ss S[...]

13 04 13 If you want to quickly open the IP you see on IPScan on yo ur browser, select an IP and do a “double right click” on your mouse /touch pad. Yo u can see the browse r window open that IP. Double right click[...]

14 04 14 CHANGE NETWORK SETTINGS BY I PSCAN Yo u can doubl e click a specific I P add ress and change some basi c netw ork paramete rs. A dialog box will appear as follow s. Change any settings you wan t to make and make s u r e you have c o rr e c t va l u e s in all fields. Cli c k Apply . Within 10 seconds, the dialog box should disapp ear to in[...]

15 04 15 settings are accepted and be ing ap plied . Wa i t for around 30 seco nd s, before trying to refre s h I P list. Click Clear Table and click scan agai n. Yo u should be abl e to find MAC addre ss of video serv er und er new I P addr e ss. Wireless Video Server is online on you r network . Use ping command from Window s command prompt to do[...]

16 04 16 7. ACCESS Wireless Video Server BROWSER Or, ¤ Open IE browser ¤ Ty p e I P address o f video serve r that you fo und on IPScan softw a re. For example , http://192.168.10.151 / ¤ Initial username and password are… ID: root Pa s s w o r d: pass Click Login button to go to web view . Double right click[...]

17 04 17 INSTALL AND RUN ACT IVEX CONTROL Afte r suc c e ssfu l log in , the following pages will appear at first time . Click Install button to install ActiveX Control Click Run button to run this ActiveX Control[...]

18 04 18 INITIAL USERNAME & PASSWORD Adminis trator ¾ Default ID/Password = root/pas s . ¾ Only password is chan ge able. ¾ Full access right to view, control system settings. Guest ac counts ¾ ID/Password not necessary . ¾ Basic view and some actio n buttons can work. VIEWING AND OPERATTING PAGE After successful log in as Guest , the view[...]

19 04 19 When yo u log in successfully with ROO T /P A SS as administrator , the viewer scree n will display as shown below . 1. Notice top right corn e r of viewing page has a toggle button to take you bet ween web configuration page & viewin g page . Always cli c k that if you want to move fr om on e page to the othe r. 2. Seve r al controls [...]

20 04 20 CONTROL PANEL SETTINGS ¾ Video/Re solution F ollowing table de scribes resolution v alues for ea ch video format The recommended bandwidth of net work i s larger than1 Mbps, if D1 resolution is selected. And, the recommended bandwidth of network is larg er than 512 Kbps, if CIF resolution is selected. ¾ Video Bit ra tes  Choose a pa[...]

21 04 21 ¾ Select channel numbe r in fixed channe l mode. The mode is fixe d channel mode , if Dwell is unchecked. Cha nn el number 1 ~ 9 could be selected. ¾ Select mode number in auto-sca n mode. The mode is auto-scan mode, if Dwell is checked. Mode number 1 ~ 9 could be selected. ¾ Camera Inf ormation. Shows video inf ormation of the tra nsfe[...]

22 04 22 STATUS ¾ Initial vie w of web Config. interface is status p age. ¾ Hardwa re & Firmware information along with ne twor k status such a s current IP a nd related de tails ar e clearly shown. ¾ on CCD IP CA MERAW a nd CMOS IP CAMERA W model NOTE Reme mber to pre ss “ OK ” after yo u have changed s ettings in a particul ar settings[...]

23 04 23 NETWORK Three configur ation t ypes are av ailable for wire d network connection ST A TIC, DYNAMIC & PPPoE. STATIC IP ¾ IP Address  Confirm with n etwo rk administrator . ¾ Subnet M ask/Ga teway/De faul t DNS  Confirm with n etwo rk administrator . ¾ Always click “ OK ” to sav e changes in a particular page. ¾ Re boot is [...]

24 04 24 addres s is co rrect . If IP w as chang ed in web configuration, yo u cannot return to initial login page aft er reboot. DYNAMIC IP ¾ I f D H C P s e r v e r i s o n L A N a n d y o u w a n t t o a l l o c a t e D y n a m i c I P address, use DHCP . ¾ Click “ OK ” button. ¾ Re boot is require d and will be automa tically triggere d [...]

25 04 25 PPPoE SETTINGS ¾ PPPoE is used in case network supports PPPoE like xDSL ¾ Re quest Internet Service Provider for PPP oE ID/Password ¾ User ID / Password  PPP oE user ID / P assword ¾ Service Name  Service name of ISP ¾ MTU  Maximum tra ns mis sion unit of dat a ¾ IP addre ss of DNS seve r can be set to be crea ted automatica[...]

26 04 26 VID EO VIDEO SETTINGS ¾ Vide o C ompression T ype  MJEPG / MPEG4 ¾ Reso l u ti o n  QCIF / CI F / D1 ¾ Frame T ypes This setting deals with the Group of Pictures (GOP) structur e - which could be a combination of I and P frames. I - I frames - also r eferred t o as Key frames contain infor mation for a co mplete picture, a nd can [...]

27 04 27 P - P frames are encoded using info rmation from the pre vious I or P fra me, and can only be decoded cor rectly if the previous I / P fr ame is av ailable. P fr a mes are smaller than I fr ames.  I On l y / I P On ly  IP - Simple Profile - Medium bit rate s for same quality . I - Highest bi t rates for same quality . **Whe n ch oo s[...]

28 04 28 COLOR SETTINGS Fine adjustme nts to video qua lity can be made using more deta iled settings as shown below . BRIGH TN ESS Adjusts the image on a scale from darkness to bright ness. CONTRAST Adjusts the extent to which adjace nt areas on a video differ in brightness SATURATION Adjusts the chromatic purity of vi deo thereby effecti n g vivi[...]

29 04 29 Click Stop to exit previ ew . Y ou could change other video parameters and p res s TEST to see how th e changes look like. Y o u can press Reset anytime to return back to the default settings. Clic k E nable Prev iew checkbox to save the current settings – and its take s effect right after settings have been changed. MAX CLIENT LIMIT Max[...]

30 04 30 Digital Output PTZ Preset Email Notification Record to FTP Server Di g ital I nput X X X X Motion Detection X X X X Periodic Timer X X X Network Loss X X Vid eo Lo ss X X Power Loss X EVENTS HANDLED Digital Input Can choose se nsor type either “Normal Open” or “Norma l Close ” Motion Detection If motion i s detected on the areas de[...]

31 04 31 In a pre-define d time interv al, an event will b e triggered based on the r ul e lists. Network Loss When system dete ct network loss, an eve nt will be triggered Video Loss When system detect video loss, an event will be triggered Pow er L os s When system detect power loss, an event wil l be triggered ACTIONS TRIGGERED Digital Output Ca[...]

32 04 32 CAPTURE Choose Enab le check box to re cord sna pshot by sch edule or ev ent triggered way . Schedule capture - Select schedule day check box es (can multi-select) - Defin e star t and end t ime - Choose output type as “FTP upload” - Define related output parameter , such as interval time, save pat h …[...]

33 04 33 DATE & TIME ¾ Date and time s ettings can be sync hron iz ed with PC directly by clicking “Clie nt PC time” check bo x. Click “ OK ” after yo u hav e made select ion. ¾ Time zone can be chosen by choosi ng either of the tw o time servers listed ¾ Either of the two time servers ca n be chosen to synchronize video serve r time[...]

34 04 34 server and click “ OK ”. OSD Click on your desired choice of color . V alues will change accordingly for R, G, and B . If you de sir e so me othe r color , you can manu a lly de fine t hose corresp onding R, G, B value s in the boxes a s appropriate. P osition of OSD can be cha nged by defining the X, Y va lues. Date & Time can be [...]

35 04 35 DWELL MODE SETUP (ATU O-SCAN MODE) The sett ing v a lue s of m ode of auto-sca n mode can be changed by “ Set ” button. Mode 1 to 9 could be support in au to-scan. And, dwell time 1 to 120 seconds of each channe l could be se t. The chann el numb er is re moved from auto-sca n model, if dwell time is se t to 0 sec.[...]

36 04 36 PTZ CONTRO L ¾ Channe l Mode (PTZ mode l)  Default is none.  Pel c oP / Pel co D / T ra ns p ar e nt c an b e ch o s en . ¾ Channel ID  Give addr ess value for chann el 1 to 9. ¾ Baud rate / Data bits / P arity / Stop bits  Depending on the protocol used, the v alues of baud a nd related settings are to be assigned according[...]

37 04 37 Web ¾ W eb P ort default is 80 Video + Audio ¾ Default is 18 52 for video/audi o dat a transmissi on.[...]

38 04 38 DDNS D D N S i s t h e f u n c t i o n t h a t m a p s a n I P a d d r e s s t o a h o s t n a m e . I f Wire less V ideo Serv er ar e set to dy namic IP a ddress , the ho st name b y DDNS (Dynam ic Domain Name Service) must be used instead of th e IP address for cred ibility of network connection. IPv4 DDNS ¾ Check “ Enable ” and sel[...]

39 04 39 SMTP/FTP An e-mail notif ication & FTP upload service offe red by Wireless Vide o Ser ver n o ti fie s e v en ts or u pl oa d s snapshots to a remote F TP server . E-MAIL – SMTP SETTINGS Fill i n the detail s of SMTP server s uch as por t number , user n ame, pass word, se rver name informa tion. If you would wish to send attached sn[...]

40 04 40 FTP SETTINGS Fill i n the detail s of remote FTP server , port nu mber and u ser name, password.[...]

41 04 41 TRIGGER SETUP Three diffe rent types of EVENTS can be co nfigured. Digital INPUT Can be Normal OPEN (N.O) or Normal Clos e (N. C) Choose based on the type of input and press OK to sav e the settings. PERIODIC TIMER Time r interva l can be set in terms of seco nds. This wi ll trigger an ev ent when th e ti me o ut is ac hieved.[...]

42 04 42 MOTIO N D E T ECT I ON ¾ Enable type  Can enable m otion detection by “a lw ays” or “schedule” mode  When choosing sc hedule mode, defi ne schedule day an d star t/end time ¾ Detection Area  T otal viewing screen area is divided i nto 9 square blocks and each of them is calle d area 1, area 2 etc. , Click specific area s[...]

43 04 43 ¾ Sensitivity v alue  Defines sensit ivity of the motion dete ction. The range of the value is 1 to 100. ¾ Motion V ector va lu e  T o d etect eve n slightest mo vement for objects in se lected area, please select a lowe r motion ve ctor v alue. The r ange of t he va lue is 3750 to 46 50. ¾ SAD val ue .  T o only detect fl ashi[...]

44 04 44 Video Loss Can config how much time system should trigger an event for video loss PRE/POST SETTING These parameters decide P re/Post buffer stream format typ e and duration. Admin istrat or can c hoose format as “ AVI V ideo” or “JPEG Picture ” with Pre/P ost time dur ation[...]

45 04 45 ACCOUNT Administrator can create user account s. Login as an administrator and create user accounts by pressing “ Add ” . Each account has PTZ, Video settings and Digital Out privile ges. They can be turne d on or off anytime by the admi nist rator . There are limits on use r name and password length and will b e notified by dialog box[...]

46 04 46 Administra tor account password can also be m odified by “Pa ssword” button. Changing p asswo rd needs confirmation. Account Limitations ¾ Administrator can add up to a ma ximum o f 5 users a nd assign properties fo r each of them. Guest Permissions ¾ Gues t acc oun t c an b e t urn ed ON/ OFF any tim e. SECURITY The basic settin gs [...]

47 04 47 ¾ Security Lev e l  HIGH  ONL Y LA N connections are allowed.  MEDIUM  Video and audio connections from any location and settings f rom LAN are permitted.  LOW  All connectio ns f rom any location are pe rmitted. ¾ Pow er LE D  Tu r n O n  D e f a u l t v a l u e , p o w e r L E D w i l l a l w a y s b e o n d u r[...]

48 04 48 MAIN TENAN CE Language • Default setting s are in English. A choice of T raditional Chinese is available. Firmware update • Firmware update bina ry file ca n be obta ined your re seller . Choose that and click upload . When uploading is done, reboot is required and will be auto ma tically triggered . CAUTION DO NOT power off during upg[...]

49 04 49 9. FACTORY DEFAULT After a confirmation di alog box, clicking OK button, will load default settings and do a re boot. Y ou will see the rebo ot countdown timer running. O nce done, yo u will see the login page. Plea se login with ro ot/pass. 10. REBOOT If yo u click OK on the dialog bo x, you will see the reboot countdown time r running. O[...]

50 04 50 12. USB Config. Port - FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE If Wirele ss Video Server ha s to be quic kly configured or has to be set to factory default settings, USB config. por t is used to achieve that. USB config. port is a spe cial USB port. Insert mini USB cable onto USB config . port and connect other end to PC. When video serv er is powered on, s[...]

51 04 51 STEPS FOR USING USB conf ig port (Windows XP PC) 1. Disconnect power cable connec ted to Wireless Video Server . 2. Use mini-USB cabl e and connect appro priate end to US B config port and connect other end to PC USB port. 3. After 5 ~ 10 seconds de pending on how fast your PC is, yo u c an notice “ Disk drive ” being detected. 4. A PO[...]

52 04 52 Y ou will be asked for p assword. Earlier , if you have never changed the password for user root , plea se type pass as the password. Then click login button. If you inp u t wr ong password, you will get this dia lo g bo x . Y ou will see the net wor k status of Wireless Video Se rver .T o navigate through Quick W izard, click it and y ou [...]

53 04 53 If yo u w o uld wish to change ne tw o rk settings of e it he r STATIC / DHCP / PPPoE If yo u w ou l d wan t t o s et up DDNS , please click on the sa me fo r deta ile d configuration. Re turn to Network page to setup network further . Plea se choose and click next for detailed configur ation page. F or instance , shown be low is a screen [...]

54 04 54 Please input web port and stream port if default value does not ma tch you r r eq u i re m en t Clicking nex t will show that set tings are sav ed. Y o u can click finish if you are done or go back or cha n ge other settin gs. Similarly y ou can change othe r settings at ea se. Note :  Connect CCD IP CAMER A/CMOS IP CA MERA to your net [...]