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w w w . a ct i. co m Encoder Firmware V4.06.09 User ’ s Manual 1 Firmware User ’s Manual A1D-500- V6 .0 4.15 - AC 201 3/09/04[...]

w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 2 T able of Con tents Recommended PC Specifications 4 Preparation 5 Connect the Equipment ............................................................................. 5 Configure the IP Addresses ....................................................................... 5 A cc ess the Camera[...]

w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 3 DNS ...................................................................................................... 35 DDNS .................................................................................................... 36 Video ...............................................................[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 4 Recommended PC Specificat ions In order to configure or t est the cameras , a PC with following basic s pecifications is needed: CPU Core2Duo 2.13GHz or abov e Memory 2 GB or abov e Operating Sy stem  Windows XP with SP2 or abov e.  Windows 2003  Windows V ista  Windows 2008 ?[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 5 Preparation Connect the Equipment T o be able to connect to the camera firm ware from your PC, both the cam era and the PC have to be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the sam e time, the camera has to have its own power supply . I n case of PoE cam eras, you can us e a PoE I[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 6 In the example below , we suc cessfully f ound D 1 1 camera that we had just connected to the network. W ith the lef t m ouse c lick on D1 1 it is p ossible to auto matically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the targ et camera f illed in the address bar of the b[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 7 Use the default IP addres s of a came ra : If there is no DHCP server in the give n network, the us er ma y ha ve to assign the IP addresses to both PC and cam era manuall y to make sure the y are in the sam e network segment. W hen the camera is plugged into net work and it does not dete[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 8 Manually adjust the IP addresses of mu ltiple came ras: If there are more than 1 cam era to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP server to assig n unique IP addresses to each of them , all of the cameras would then ha ve the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100 , whi[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 9 A cc ess the Camera Now that the cam era and the PC are bot h having their unique IP addresses an d are under the same network s egment, it is poss ible to use the W eb browser of the PC to acces s the camera. Y o u can use any of the brow sers to access the cam era, however , the full fu[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 10 Assum ing that the camera ’ s IP address is 192.168.0.100 , you can access it by opening the W eb browser and t yping the following addres s into Web browser ’ s address bar: http://192.168.0.100 Upon s uccessf ul connect ion to the cam era, the user interface called Web Configu rato[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 11 Live View This section descr ibes how to configure the IP cam era. The administrator has un limited access to all settings, while the n ormal user can on ly view live video. Login Initially there exists only a dministrator ’ s ac count in the camera (Account: A dmin, Passw ord: 123456)[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 12 Live V iew The live view will a ppear autom atically with the video resolution of 1280x720 ( 1MP cam eras) or 1920x1080 (2 -5MP cameras ). W hile being on the Live View page, the Live View icon appears as be ing pressed: If you leave the Li ve View page, you can later return by pressing [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 13 Y o u can also digitall y re-scale the video to f ully match the si ze of your displa y with just 1 click: - Full screen M ode Y o u ma y us e ESC ke y from the keyboard to exit the full sc reen m ode. The cam eras have th e dual stream capabilit y – the Stream 1 is usuall y th e high [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 14 The cameras with audio function shall have th e audio c ontrols on Live View page. T o adjust the volume level of the speak ers 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 belo[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 15 Y o u can change the viewin g mode into: - ePTZ View Mode - Panorama View Mo de - Fisheye View Mode ePTZ Vie w Mode ePTZ mode work s as an optical PT Z (pan-tilt- zoom) function. Y o u can change the viewing direction by moving t he mouse over th e Live View screen and click ing towards [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 16 If Miniature Fishe ye-view is enable d, the current scope of view is shown on th e M iniature Fisheye-view windo w with the red m arking. Fisheye V iew Mode This mode sho ws the camera view as though viewing from a fish ’s ey e with the whole viewing angle in sight but details ma y be [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 17 Setup The following chapters guide you through th e Setup functions of the camera. A cc ess the Setup Page T o c onfigure any of the cam era settings, go to the Setup m enu by pressing the f ollowing button on Live View page : - Go to Setup The left side of the Setu p page conta ins the [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 18 Host The section “ Host ” a llows the adm inistrator to define t he name of the camera and pref erred user interface l anguage. There are two kinds of names – Host Nam e and Camera Nam e. Host Name is use d to identify the c amera by a DH CP server . In some networks with ver y str[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 19 Date & T ime Each video fram e c ontains a time stamp. T he accura cy of the time stamp is very important f or incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the ca m era has to be adjusted to most accurate ti m e possible. The section Dat e & Time prov ides t he opti ons f or ad[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 20 If all the cameras are getting the date and tim e from the same NTP Server , you can be most s ure that the video c lips from different cameras can be well s ynchronized later for c omparison purposes. T o choose the most suitable NT P Server to synchroni ze date and tim e with, plea se [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 21 Net w ork The section Network pro vides th e l ist of networ k related f unctions and serv ices. The [+] mark be f ore Network indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it. Once expanded, the l ist can later be col lapsed again by click ing on the [ -] m ark. IP Address Filt[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 22 “ Allow ed ” m ode will refuse acc ess to all IP addresses except the ones list ed below . “ Block ed ” m ode will accept all incom ing access except the IP addresses listed below . Using Netmask (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a w hole range of IP address at o nce,[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 23 Port Mapping The sec tion Port Mapp ing provides the list of services and pro tocols that require their own port number for communication. By default, the camera already has all the ports defined. On th is page, the user can m odify the po rt num bers in ca se there is a specific need fo[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 24 HTT PS HTTPS prot ocol allows creating a secure channel o ver an insecure network in order to protect the dat a sent betwee n the c amera and its counterpart. T wo things are required t o hav e a s ecure comm unication – encr ypted d ata, an d verified cou nterpart of the communication[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 25 IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard f or port-based Network Access Control. 8 02.1X authentica tion invol ves three p arties: a s upplicant, an authenticator , and an authentication server . The s upplicant is a client dev ice (such as an IP cam era) that wishes to attac h to the[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 26 If certificates or private k ey exist a lready , there will be a “ Remove ” button beh ind these item s, in order to remove these items when neces sary . After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save th e changes . The Res et button undoes the changes th at had just be[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 27 SNMP Setting T he SNM P Setting item displays the SN MP configuration p age . SNMP provides an easy way to m anage network devices. The main features are: 1. Monitori ng device upt ime 2. System detail description. (Ex: m odel name, m odel description and firm ware version.) 3. Collect i[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 28 SNMP functio n is no w e nabled. Y o u may no w install and run the SNMP management software on computer server . SNMP T rap Usage: SNMP traps enabl e notifications from devices. Device s may send mess age to th e m anagement server whenever signif icant ev e nts occur suc h as cold star[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 29 RTP The RT P section allows user to conf igure RTP Settings . If the RTSP Authentication is “ Enabled ” , then the RTP stream ing will require account name and password authenticatio n. If the RTP B2 Frame is “ E nabled ” then the B2 frame is added to every vid eo fram e, contain[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 30 Network (T oS, UPnP , Bonjour , ONVIF) The section Net work contains the controls f or following f unctio ns: T ype of Service UPnP Bonjour ONVIF T ype of Service Th e “ T ype of Ser vice ” provides 4 opt ions to define the priorities of ho w the data f rom the camera s hould be hand[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 31 undoes the changes th at had just been m ade but not Applied yet. Most of the W indows-based computers have the cap ability to discover the d evices that s upport UPnP TM . Below is the example of W indows 7: by clicking on the Network icon of Windows 7 , the PC will discover the cam era[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 32 ONVIF The camera with g iven firm ware is ONVIF 2.2 com pliant. By d efault, t he ON VIF function is disabled. T o enable to the O NVIF support, check the box and press Apply . If you need to acti vate O NVIF on m ultiple cam eras conveniently , you m ay use the IP Utilit y instead, usin[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 33 IP Settings The section IP Settings provides the options to define ho w the camera would obta in its IP address; and to which DNS server should the c amera connect t o, in order to resolve dom ain nam es. Connection T y pe The sub- section Connection T ype a llows defining t he method of[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 34 recommended to activate a DDNS service f or such scenario, and let the control center connect to the camera b y the domain nam e instead. Please refer to the DDN S section for m ore details. T o s et the camera in PPPoE m ode, set the radio button to PPPoE and ke y in the User Name and P[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 35 DNS T he s ection DNS allows setting up the Dom ain Nam e Service f or the cam era. The c amera will connect to the DNS server when there is a ne e d t o res olve a dom ain name for s ending data to. The most c ommon usage is the f tp or e -mail server in the Event Hand ler sect ion is d[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 36 DDNS There are surveillance solutions that cons ist of single cameras sc attered over a wide territory , therefore e ach of those cam eras should be connected to Internet in order to become accessible by Control Center . For exam ple, th e ch ain stor es, bus stops, currenc y exchange bo[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 37 Every t ime the IP camera gets an IP that i s different f rom previous one, i t notifies the public DDNS Service about the chan ge. The DDNS Ser vice updates its datab ase immediatel y , mapping the assigned domain nam e (for exam ple camera 123.dyndns.org ) to the ne w IP a ddress. In N[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 38 T o activate DDN S, pl ease check the „ Enabled “ . Selec t 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 acc ount. Y o u will get the ne eded H ost Name, User Name and Pass word inform ation[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 39 V ideo The section Video provides the options to adjust the video qualit y and conf igure the streaming deta ils of the c amera. The default s ettings of the c amera are sufficient f or m ost environm ents and the video adju stments are not nec essary . T he f ollowing sections exp lain [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 40 The sub-section is also nam ed Video . For Audio sup ported c ameras , there w ill also b e a sub-section named Audio. The v ideo section is divided into tabs. The functionality of each ta b is explained separate ly below . Upon opening t he su b-section named Video, the l ive view of th[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 41 Compression The section “ Compress ion ” al lows th e user t o define t he compression settings of the video stream 1 and stream 2. The purpose of com pression is to reduce the bandwidth and VMS storage consum ption. Usually the stream 1 is confi gure d to be t he best qualit y str e[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 42 Resolution Depending on the cam era m odel, the num ber of available resolutions ma y be different. The def ault resolution setting of the cam era may not necessarily be the m aximum resolution of the camera. If the us er wants to use t he maxim um resolution, it is poss ible to do it h [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 43 GOP (only for H.264) Under VBR m ode it is pos sible to adjus t the GOP length - that is the occurrence rate of I -fram es. By default, there is one I -fram e per second. F or exam ple, in case of 30fps, t here will be 1 I -f rame and 2 9 P-frames every second by default. W hen the GOP i[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 44 Motion Detection The section “ Motion Detec tion ” allows the user to conf igure the video m otion detection s y s tem of the camera. Motion detec tion regions are b ased on the Stream 1. By default, all the regions are disa bled. Click on “ Setup ” to adjust the motion detect io[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 45 Enabled or disabled Each of the 3 m otion detec tion regions can be en abled or disabled individually . Look at the exa mple: Only t he region 1 is enab led while 2 and 3 are d isabled. T he disable d r egions disapp ear f rom the video displa y . Note that the number of the m otion dete[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 46 T rigger threshold Look at the m oving object enteri ng the area of motion detec tion: although moving quite slowly , it caused m otion activity – s everal pixel regions reported a motion that was faster than allowed “ speed limit ” of sensitivity (70). The blue gr aph on the r igh[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 47 possible com binations of settings using sens itivity level and trigger thr eshold perc entage. The objects listed in each cell will trigge r an alarm under giv en settings: Low threshold ( 0-5 %) High threshold (5-1 00%) Low sensitiv ity (0 -65) Big and fast Small and fast Big and fast [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 48 actions again. There is one more item on the Motion Detec tion configuration page which was not explained above – the Profile of Mot ion Detection . T hink of them as Profile 1 (Runtim e MD Prof ile) and Profile 2 ( Event MD Profil e). It m eans that you can configure two indepen dent [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 49 Day/Night Th e section Day/Night allows user to c ontrol the swit ching between da y mode and night mode. This section will be displayed onl y for day/night m odels. Parameters Description Day/Night mode There are three m odes: Auto: The camera will autom atically switch between day m od[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 50 Image Th e section Image allows user to contro l certain param eters of a video fram e. Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the v ideo up- down. Usua lly use d together with Video Mirroring to achieve the 1 80-degree rot ation effect. Video Mirroring Check this b[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 51 Exposure / White Balance The sec tion E xposure / W hite Balance a llows the user to c onfigure Exposure (shutter , iris a nd gain contro l) and W hite Balance settings . In m ost cases, the default settings are s ufficient and no adjustm ent is needed. Som e options will onl y appear un[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 52 Shutter speed choi ces according to env ironment: Shutter Speed 1/5 1/13 1/15 1/25 1/30 1/50 1/60 1/100 1/120 1/250 1/500 1/1000 1/2000 Indoor Y Y Y Y Y - - - - Outdoor Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y In extreme low light con ditions, the shutter speed is s lown down to get more light into one image ,[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 53 and wait a f ew seconds – the auto white bala nce s ystem will adjust the c olors until the white paper will really l ook white on the displa y . At that m oment, the user can f reeze these white balance settings by pressing the Ho ld button. After pressing that button, the W hite B al[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 54 Exposure M ode - Manual W hen the lighting condition s are stab le 24 ho urs a d ay , the ad vanced users m ay c onsider using manual exposure mode, to f urther fine tun e the im age quality in order to fulfill the special projec t requirements. Please note that in most cases, it is high[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 55 OSD/Privacy Mask The section OSD / Priv acy Mask allows user to do one of the two on -vid eo operation s: 1. Add t ext to th e upper or lo wer left corner of the video. This f unction is called T ext Overlay or On -Screen Displa y (OSD) . It is possib le to disp lay the c amera name, dat[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 56 Below is the list of characters with special m eaning that can be used in the text fiel d: Parameters Description %YYYY Y e ar in four-dig it form at. For example, 2008 %YY Y e ar in two-digit f ormat. For exam ple, 08 %MM Month in two- digit form at. For example, 01 for Janu ary , 12 fo[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 57 There are 4 pre- defined color options for privac y m asks. If the user wants to use a ny other colors, please use URL comm ands to set up the privacy mask instead. T o do that, please refer to the Guide that explains the use of URL commands. W hen swi tch ing back to live v iew , the pr[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 58 On -Screen Graphics On -Screen Graph ics (OSG ) is a ne w feature that allows placing custom image files on the top of the vide o as a la yer . For ex ample, it can be used as a watermark for securit y purposes, or a brand logo in the corner of the video im age. There is n o int erface w[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 59 W hen done, use another URL com m and to configure its position: http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_ CONFIG= 1,0,0,240,106,EB8080,4 ... where the 7 param eters behind OSG_CO NFIG m ean following: Parameter Position Description 1 1 means enabled, 0 m eans disabled 2 X position 3[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 60 A u dio The section Audio is available only for audio -supported m odels. The user interface f or audio control look s as below: Parameters Description Audio In The option “ Enabled ” woul d acti vate i ncoming audio (either line in or built -in microphone). T he option “ Disabled [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 61 Event This section describes ho w to setup the Event Han dler , which deals with how the IP devices respond t o sit uations. Each IP device can have a m aximum of 10 Event Rules. Eac h rule includes one s ingle tr igger , and one or m any responses . Se veral types of responses are avail[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 62 T o s etup FTP servers, m ake sure to e nter the network addres s of FT P server , the Net work (FT P) port, the User Nam e and Password of FT P account, Connection mode (Passive or Active) an d Connection time bef ore timeout. After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 63 T o setup SMTP servers, make sure to enable the SMT P account and c hoose the proper Authentication type. There are many types available. The default is L ogin. W e recomm end y ou to use Auto Det ection. Availa ble authentication types inc lude: Auto Detec tion, N one, L ogin, Plain, Cr[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 64 T o s etup HTTP servers, make sure to enable the HT TP server , enter t he user nam e, the user password, Network (HTTP Server) address, Network (H TT P S erver) port num ber and Ma x connection tim e before timeout ( in seconds). After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to s[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 65 disable it. T his will allow you to k eep the settings with out using it, which will be useful in testi ng and troubleshooting. T o setup Notification Messages, make sure to enable the message and then determ ine w hat t ype of message to send (HT TP CGI or email). If y ou are se nding t[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 66 *Pre-re qu isites: SMTP ser ver / FTP server / HTTP CGI server setup . Upload Video/snapshot IP devices m ay send video recording / snapshots to your chosen server upon event. Video will be in .R A W format, while s napshots will be .J PG files. Y ou can define up to t hree gr oup s of s[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 67 Upload Video/snapsho t and A udio checkbox : this decides if this r ule is in effect, or disabled. Sometim es it is useful to k eep the settings f or troubleshoot ing purposes , but k eep them as disabled. Upload M edia to : these define the task at hand, and c hange the field that needs[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 68 CGI server designer for this s ection. IP devices do not allo w upload of Snapshots / Video into their embedded CGI servers. E-Mail Recipient / Subject : W hen upload ing video / snapshots via em ail, these f ields are required. Video Source : Choosing the v ideo source from video 1 or v[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 69 *Pre-re qu isites: HTTP CGI ser ver setup. *P re -requisi tes: SMTP server / HTTP CGI se r ver se tup. Send URL commands URL comm ands can be sent to HTTP CGI servers upon event. This provides t he possibility of highly intelligent res ponse upon e vent. IP d evices and m any other devic[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 70 Event List Y o u may define a maximum of 10 Event rules, which will be shown in abbreviat ed form in the Event L ist panel. It will display u nder each Event ID, the days of the week i t will b e active, the star t time and duration of the active period, the type of the source of trigger[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 71 How is it triggered? Events m ay be triggered by one of the s everal sourc es. In th e exam ple below , Motion De tection region 1 is used as the e vent trigger . Y o u m ay also ask the ev ent to b e repeatedl y triggered during th is schedu le d time. T he interval is determined in m i[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 72 Reboot device : This triggers the event response when the device is shut down via web UI “ Sav e and Reboot ” . Use thi s to keep record of w h en was the device setting edit ed. Note that this will not take effect when the device is unplugge d, as this is not norm al shutdown. What [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 73 Go to a preset point: if the de vice is a PTZ camera, an d there are preset poi nts alread y configured in PTZ setup page, then you m ay include t his in t he response section of the event rule by using Send U RL Comm and method . It is possible to let the cam era return to another prese[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 74 Local Storage Management The c ameras that come with built-i n local s torage capabil ity will have t he [Local Stora ge] item shown i n the “ Setup Page ” when t he mass storage has been inserted into the storage drive slot of the device. Under [Local Storage ] item it is possible t[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 75 Status W hen the m ass s torage has not been f ormatted or m ounted yet, the camera would not k now the status of the storage, and the output would be as follows: If the mass storage has been f orm atted or m ounted already , the Status page will show the detail s of the storage: In case[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 76 Utilities The “ Utilities ” are responsi ble for managing the st orage itse lf rather than th e files on th e sto rage. There are three ut ilities – Mount, For mat and Scan. Mount W hen the Mount stora ge m edia button sho ws “ Mount ” button then it means that the mass storage[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 77 Unmount Once th e dr ive has been mounted, it can later be unm ounted b y pressing “ Unm ount ” button, if necessary . That Unm ount function is used when the cam era is to be shut down for maintenance or when the mass s torage has to be physicall y removed f or som e reason. T he pu[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 78 the local s torage is being used b y c amera and som e videos or snapshots are being r ecorded to the disk, then the sud den shutdown or removal of the disk w ithout unm ounting m ay corrupt the file that is currently bei ng used b y the cam era. The rest of the files are not influenced [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 79 Format Failure If the disk is damaged or it is not within the specifications of the camera, the formatting ma y fail. W hen this ha ppens, there is no wa y to c ontinue usin g that d isk, and it has to be r eplaced with a proper one.[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 80 Scan T o c heck the “ health ” of the disk , it is possible to use the “ Scan ” f unction. If the d isk has alread y been mounted, the “Sca n” button is gra yed out, unm ount the disk f irst to enable the “Scan” button. Scan Failure The sc anning would f ail if the disk i[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 81 Setup The “ Setup ” functi on prov ides th e option to manage the fi le writ ing be havior of the camera. By default, the cam era is set to “ Remove o ld r ecordings when ra n out of sto rage space automatically ” . By usi ng t his m ode, the cam era ’ s recording process will [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 82 By this option, the poss ibility of sending not ification e- m ails automatically has been enab led. The % refers to the rem aining si ze of available st orage at which th e camera should send a notificatio n e-mail, in case such task has been listed in Event Handler of th e cam era. T o[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 83 W hen clicking on the “ ? ” mark on the upper right corner , the useful help mess age would appear: In order to let the cam era record fi les either b y event or by schedule, please go to Event Handler to set it up ( “ Event Handler with Local Storag e ” on page 88 .). W hen the [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 84 Search Recording s by Time If you are lo oking for the recordings of specific time period, the n you may check the “ Search recordings b y tim e ” , and select the s tarting time of the s earchable r ange as well as the lengt h of the time period. W ith search settings above, onl y t[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 85 Download Recordings Y o u can download the fil es manually to rem ote PC by click ing on the File Nam e. Delete Recordings Y o u can m anually delete the f iles b y filling the ch eckboxes and then pressing the “ Rem ove ” button. Search Snapshots If the event rule of the Event Handl[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 86 View and Download Snapshot s By clicking on the snapshot f ile name in file list it is poss ible to view the snapshot within Web Configurator . T o download the snapshot, right c lick on the picture a nd s ave it to the com puter . Deleting Snapshots Y o u can manually delet e th e snaps[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 87 Downloading Files by FTP Client In addition to W eb Configurator ’ s File Management, it is also poss ible to us e any of the FTP Clients to list and do wnload the recordi ngs from the local storag e thanks to the built -in F TP Server of the cam era. Use t he ftp:// f ollowed by cam e[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 88 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 cam era that defines what type of files and when are the y to be recorded on local storage. Event Handler suppo rts follow ing R[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 89 Check the “ Upl oad Video/Snapsho t1 ” . Please n ote that later on s cheduler p age this item will be referred to as “ Im age 1 ” . Let ’ s see the exam ple of vi deo f ormat firs t – Upload Media Ty pe shall be Video. Upload Media T o shall be “ Local Storage ” . The c [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 90 Make sure to hav e the rule “ Enabled ” by filling the c heckbox. By the exam ple abo ve, th e cam era will be 24/7 on guard t o watch for m otion events. W hen motion detection r egion 1 detects i ntrusion, it will trigger the r esponse of uploading “ im age 1 ” according to the[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 91 Scheduled Video Recording Although i t is not reall y recomm ended to have f ull-t ime recording for MicroSDHC due to it is not physically as capable as hard disk , the f irmware still allows it to b e configured f or full - time recording m ode. Let ’ s use the same media param eters [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 92 As a result, t he cam era will be continuousl y recording, having each video fi le with the length of 1 minute. Event T riggered Snapsho ts Choose the “ Upload v ideo/snapshot ” item in the “ Event Conf iguration ” page and ch eck the Upload Media T ype as “ Snapshot ” if you[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 93 Scheduled Snapshot s Media configuration:[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 94 Schedule configuration: As a result, T here wil l be one sn apshot f rom Media 1 stored o n loca l storage once ever y minute, 24 hours a day . The snapshots can be accessible from “ Local Storage ” - > “ File Managem ent ”[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 95 System The section System provides the list of f unctions that help manage the camera. T he [+] m ark bef ore System indicates that the list can be expa nded b y click ing on it. Once expanded, the l ist can later be col lapsed again by click ing on the [ -] m ark. User Account The secti[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 96 System Info The section System Info p rovides the full information about camera status, sett ings and log. T his inform ation is very hel pful while doing the cam era configurati on , maintenance or troub leshooting. The Server Report i s a convenient way of exporting the full list of ca[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 97 Factory Default The section Factor y Default allows the cam era settings be reset to the original factor y settings. If you want to keep n etwork settings and restore othe r settings t o factor y default, p lease select the f irst option . If you sele ct the second one inste ad, all the [...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 98 Firmware Upload The section Firmw are Upload allow s rem ote upgrade or downgrade of camera firm ware. The upgrade to newer version is usuall y done in order to gain ne w functions or fix existing bugs or limitations while do wngrade to ol der vers ion is used mostly for integration purp[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 99 Save & Reboot Th e Save & Reboot section allows s aving the s ettings and rebooting the camera remotely . This is critic al because some settings m ight not take effect be f ore save & reboot.[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 100 Logout Clicking this item allow s you to log out of the IP device. Be sure to logout this IP device once you hav e completed all the tas ks via W eb Configurator .[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 101 Troubleshooting Although the default settin gs of the camera are ideal f or 90% of the cases, th ere ma y be som e rare cases w hen the sett ings need t o be adj usted or the de vice has t o be exam ined. T he following section provides easy troublesho oting solutions f or m ost cases .[...]

w w w .a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 102 IR light reflection Make sure the dome o r bullet cover is tightly mo unted; Reduce the AE reference target in Auto Exposure mode; Reduce the Exposure Gain in M anua l Exposure mode Streaming Quality T roubles hooting Frame Rate T oo Low at Night In auto e xposure mode, set the Slowest [...]