ACTi E925 manual

Firmware User ’s Manual A1D-500- V6 .0 9. 45 - AC 201 5/10/ 30[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.09 . 45 2 T able of Con tents Recommended PC Specifications 5 Preparation 6 Connect the Equipment ............................................................................. 6 Configure the IP Addresses ....................................................................... 6 A cce ss the Camera .[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 3 Serial Setting ................................................................ ......................... 32 GPS Position ................................................................ ......................... 33 Date & Time ..........................................................[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 4 Save & Reboot ..................................................................................... 1 19 Logout ..................................................................................................... 120 T roubleshooting 121[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 5 Recommended PC Specification s In order to configure or t est the c ameras, a PC wit h following basic specificat ions is needed: CPU Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz or above Memory 2 GB or abov e Operating Sy stem  Windows XP with SP2 or above.  Windows 2003  Windows V ista  Windows 2008 [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 6 Preparation Connect the Equipment T o be able to connect to the camera f irmware from your PC, both the cam era and the PC have to be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the sam e ti m e, the camera has to have its own power supply . In case of PoE cam eras, you can use a PoE In[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 7 In the exam ple below , we successf ully found D1 1 c amera that we had just connected to the network. W ith the left m ouse c lick on D1 1 it is p ossible to autom atically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the targ et camera f illed in the address bar of the bro[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 8 Use the default I P add ress of a camera: If there is no DHCP server in the give n network, the us er ma y have to assign th e IP addres ses to both PC and cam era manually to m ake sure the y are in the sam e network segment . W hen the camera is plugged into n etwork and it does n ot det[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 9 Manually adjust the I P ad dresses of multiple cam eras: If there are more than 1 ca mera to be used in the sam e local area network and there is no DHC P server to assign uniq ue IP addresses to each of them , all of the cam eras would then ha ve the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100 , [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 10 A cc ess the Camera Now that the cam era and the PC are both ha ving their unique I P addres ses and are under the same network s egme nt , it is poss ible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the cam era. Y ou can use an y of the brow sers to access the camera, however , the full f[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 11 The following examples in this manual ar e based on Internet E xplorer browser in order to cover all functions of the camera. Assum ing that the camera ’ s IP address is 192.168.0.100 , you can access it b y opening the W eb browser and t yping the following address into Web browser ’[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 12 Using IPv6 to Access the Camera The camera is IP v6-ready and has been assigned its unique static I Pv6 address. The IPv6 address can be foun d under the System > Sytem Info menu (s ee System Info on page 1 15 for more inform ation). T o access the cam era with the IPv6 address, t ype [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 13 Live View This section describ es ho w to conf igure the IP cam era. The adm inistrator ha s unlim ited access to all settings, while the n ormal user can onl y view live video. Login Initially t here exists on ly a dministrator ’ s account in the camera (Account: A dmin, Password: 1234[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 14 Live V iew The li ve view will appear autom atically with the v ideo r esolution of 1280x720 (1MP cam eras) or 1920x1080 (2 -5MP cameras ). W hile being on the Live View page, the Live View icon appears as being pres sed: If you leave the Live View page, you can later return b y pressing [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 15 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 digita l zoom buttons, the actual video stream size of the camera is the same as b efore. Y ou can also d[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 16 T o capture the snapshots of the current live vie w , press the snapsho t button. The snapshots are saved in Pictures f older . - T ake a Snapshot Cameras with audio function have the aud io contro ls on Live View page. - Speak to Camera T o speak to the cam era, press the button. If the [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 17 The digital output c ontrols appear on the Live View page of the cameras with digital inp ut/output function. The controls allow users to manually trigger a DO device. - Select DO Port Each DO ports are co ntrolled separatel y . For c ameras with m ore than one DO por ts, select the DO po[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 18 V iew Modes For Hemispheric and Fish eye c ameras, the M iniature Fisheye-View and View Mode buttons appear on the Live V ie w screen. By default, a m iniature of the Fisheye view is shown on t he lower right c orner of the Live View , press to hide the miniature fishe ye-view or to displ[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 19 ePTZ Vie w Mode ePTZ mode work s as an optical PTZ ( pan-tilt- zoom) function. Y ou can change t he viewing direction by moving the m ouse over the L ive View screen and click ing towards the direction you wish to view . The m ouse cursor is represente d by a red “ + ” m ark. If Minia[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 20 Panorama Vie w Mode This mode allows you to view the cam era in panorama view where details can be seen m ore clearly . W hen the camera is installed on the ceiling, t here will be two panorama views, one f or the upper hemisphere and another for the lower hemisphere. The lower hemisphere[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 21 Fisheye V iew Mode This mode sho ws the camera vie w as though viewing f rom a fish ’ s ey e with the whole viewing angle in sight but details may be too sm all and not be s een clearly .[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 22 PTZ Control Panel (For PTZ and Zoom Cameras) For PTZ and zoom camera m odels, click the PTZ button on the Live V ie w screen to display the PTZ Contro l Panel. F or PTZ cam eras, the PTZ button can be on e of the following: Joystick M ode This is the basic PT Z button. W hen the PTZ Contr[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 23 How to Use Pan/Tilt For PTZ / speed dom e cameras, c lick the pan/tilt contr ols to pan/tilt t he camera. Other pan/tilt features include:  Auto pan/tilt speed : When “Enable d”, the camera aut omaticall y sets the pan/tilt speed according to the zoom ratio and the selected p an/ti[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 24 How to Zoom the Camera In or Out Zooming can be done co ntinuously or b y one step (one click) at a tim e. T o zoom continuously , do t he following: 1. On Zoom Control , select t he Speed , where in the bigger the num ber , the faster i s the zooming speed. 2. Click and hold the l eft mo[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 25 How to Set the Home Position 1. Pan, tilt, and zoom on the area that you want to set as the home position. 2. Click the Apply button on the Sav e current position as home p osition . How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol ACTi cam eras and video managem ent systems fully s upport the URL [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 26 How to Set Preset Points Preset points are user-defined areas th at the camera can pan or zoom in to. A series of preset points can be grouped as one T o ur . T o create a preset point, do the following: 1. On Preset , click a icon to start c reating a preset point. 2. Under the Name f ie[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 27 How to Set and Enable T ours Once a preset point is created, the T ouring Control page tab appears. Cl ick the T ouring Control page tab to c onfigure the Preset T our . A Pre set T our directs the cam era to c y c le through a sequence of preset points and st ay on each preset po int for[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 28  T o directly go to the preset point, click the icon.  T o delete the preset point fr om the list, click the icon. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add m ore preset points to the tour . 5. Once done, click the Save button o n Select a Pre set Point . 6. On T ouring Con trol , select the t[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 29 W hen a scan point has been set, the corresponding D elete icon appears . T o re move the scan point, click . Scan function is s upported onl y in PTZ cameras and box cam eras with serial ports. For box cameras, the scan f unction works when a PT scann er is connected to the cam era via s[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 30 Setup The following chapters g uide you throug h the Setup functions of the camera. A cc ess the Setup Page T o configure an y of the camera settings, go to the Setup menu by pressing th e following button on Live View page : - Go to Setup The left side of the Setu p page contains th e li[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 31 Host The section “ Host ” a llows the adm inistrator to define the n ame of the came ra and preferr ed user interface languag e. There are two kinds of names – Host Nam e and Camera Nam e. Host Name is used to identify the cam era by a DHCP s erver . In som e networks with ver y str[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 32 Serial Setting This section allo ws the user to s et the serial port configurati on of the cam era to synchronize it with the serial port co nfigurations of a Pan -Tilt (PT) device. NOTE: This section appears only if the camera has a serial port connector . Serial Port Control : Select th[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 33 GPS Position This section allo ws users to m anually set the GPS position of the cam era and find the location of the camera on the m ap when using a Net work Video Recorder (NVR). Check the Enabled box to enable this feature. Find the camera locat ion on google m aps, f or example, insta[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 34 Date & T ime Each vide o fram e contains a time stamp. T he accurac y of the time stamp is v ery important for incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the ca m era has to be adjusted to most accurate time possible. The section Date & Time prov ides the options f or adj usti[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 35 If all the cameras are getting the date and tim e from the same NTP Server , you can be most sure that the video c lips from different cameras can be well s ynchronized later f or comparison purposes. T o choose the most suitable NT P Ser ver to synchronize date and tim e with, please ref[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 36 Net w ork The section Network prov ides th e list of network r elated functions and serv ices. T he [+] m ark before Network indicates that the l ist can be ex panded by click ing on it. Once expanded, th e list can later be col lapsed again b y cli ck ing on the [ -] m ark. IP Address Fi[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 37 Using Netmask (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a w hole range of IP address at once, without t he ne ed to enter all of them individuall y . If y ou are not sure about the function of Netmask , then you shou ld us e 255.2 55.255.255, and it will affect only a s ingle IP addre[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 38 Port Mapping T he section Port M apping provides t he list of s ervices and protoco ls that require their own p ort num ber f or c ommunication. B y default, the camera already has all the ports defined. On this page, the user can modify the port numbers in case there is a s pecific need [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 39 Multicast Setting a llows users to conf igure the IP addresses and ports for multicast video and audio (supported m odels onl y) streams . Multicast is a protocol where a data stream is sent only once and shared to req uesting devices. T his in turn saves network bandwidth. However , to u[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 40 HTT PS HTTPS prot ocol allows creating a secure channel o ver an insecure network in order to protect the data sent between the cam era and its counterpart. Tw o th ings are required to h ave a secur e communication – encrypted d ata, and verified counterpart of the communication. T o m[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 41 IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port -based Net work Access Control. 802.1X authentica tion involves thre e parties: a supplica nt, an authent icator , a nd an authentication ser ver . The s upplicant is a client d evice (such as an IP cam era) that wishes to attach to the[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 42 If certificates or private key exist alread y , there will be a Remove button behin d these items, in order to remove these items when necess ary . After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset but ton undoes the changes th at had just been m ade but [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 43 SNMP Setting T he SNM P Setting it em displa ys the SNMP configuration p age . SNMP provides an easy wa y to manage network devices. The main features are: 1. Monitoring device upt ime 2. System detail descr iption. (Ex: model nam e, model description and f irmware version.) 3. Collect in[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 44 The securit y m ethod of SNMP V3 uses ac count/password f or authentication. “Security Nam e” is the account nam e to be used with your “Password”. The def ault security name is “public” and the password must be at least 8 characters long. Y ou also c an set an y other sec uri[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 45 ICMP Provide the status and statistics of ICMP . Ex: amount of receive/error message of ICMP . TCP Provide the status and operation of T ransport Layer (Layer 4) using TCP protocol. Ex: TCP Local Port, incoming/outgoing TCP segments. UDP Provide the status and operation of T rans port Lay[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 46 RTP The RT P section allows user to c onfigure RTP Settings . If the RTSP Authentication is “ Enabled ” , then the RTP stream ing w ill require account nam e and password authentica tion. If the RTP B2 F rame is “ E nabled ” then the B2 fr ame is added to every v ideo fram e, cont[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 47 Network (T oS, UPnP , Bonjour , ONVIF) The section Net work contains the controls f or following f unctions: T ype of Service UPnP Bonjour ONVIF T ype of Service Th e “ Ty pe of Service ” p rovides 4 opt ions t o define the priorities of ho w the data fr om the camera should be h andl[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 48 After changing an y of the items above, pres s Apply to save th e changes . T he Reset button undoes the changes th at had just been m ade but not Applied yet. Most of the W indow s -based com puters have the c apabilit y to disc over the devices that support UPnP TM . Below is the exampl[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 49 ONVIF The cam era with g iven firm ware is ONVIF 2.2 compliant. By def ault, the ONVIF f unction is enabled. T o disable the ON VIF s upport, remove the check on the box and press Apply . If y ou need to activate O NVIF on multiple cameras conveniently , you ma y use the IP Utilit y inste[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 50 IP Settings The section IP Settings provides the options t o define how the camera would obta in its IP address; and to which DNS server s hould the cam era connect to, in order to resolve dom ain names. Connection T y pe The sub- section Connection T ype allows d efining the m ethod of o[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 51 In som e rare cases, the camera m ay be connected to the control ce nter over Internet. Usually , the m ost cost efficient way is t o use ADSL co nnection with PPPoE . T o avoid th e u nexpected changes of IP addres ses by Internet Service Provider upon the restart of the cam era , it is [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 52 DNS T he s ection D NS allows s etting up the Dom ain Nam e Service for the cam era. The cam era w ill connect to the DNS ser ver when there is a need to resolve a dom ain name for s ending data to. The m ost c ommon usage is the f tp or e-m ail server in the Event Ha ndler sect ion is de[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 53 DDNS There are s urveillance s olutions that c onsist of single cameras sc attered over a wide territory , therefore each of those cam eras should be connected to the Interne t in order to bec ome ac cessible by Contr ol Center . For example, the chain stores, bus stops, currenc y exchang[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 54 Every tim e the IP c amera gets an IP that is different from previous one, it notifies the public DDNS Service about the change. T he DDNS Service updates its database imm ediately , m apping the assigned domain nam e (for exam ple camera123. dyndns.org ) to the new IP a ddress. In NV R s[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 55 T o activate DDNS, please check the “ Enabled “ . Selec t the service ref erence, input the Host Name (the dom ain name given to the camera by DDNS s ervice, U ser Name and Pa ssword of the DDNS server acc ount. Y ou will get the needed Host Name, User Nam e and Pass word inf ormation[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 56 V ideo & A udio The s ection V ideo or V ide o & Audio (for audio supported cameras ) provides the options to adj ust the video quality , conf igure the str eaming details of the camera , and audio settings (f or Audio supported c ameras only ) , which will be described in the suc[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 57 It is necessa ry t o have the camera ’ s Lin e Frequen cy adju sted according to the power frequency of the light source to avoid flic kering effect. The natural light source (sun l ight) is a seam less flo w of light – th e Line Fre quenc y setting does not matter for the cam eras th[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 58 Camera Options o f Fisheye and Hemisph eric Cam eras Choose the Mounting T ype according to ho w t he c am era is m ounted to displa y the appropriate view . There are three options: Wall , Ceiling or Ground . For Wall mount, a single panorama view is shown. Ad just the Physical Installat[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 59 Select Ceiling mount if the camera is installed on the ceiling. A double panorama is show n on the window , sho wing the upper and lower hemisphere of the video. Select Ground m ount if the cam era is installed on a flat surf ace, like on the ground or on a table top with the cam era faci[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 60 Stream M ode: Dual (for Hem ispheric Cameras only) The Dual view m ode of the H emispheric cam eras simpl y streams a 180° panaro ma view for cameras m ounted on the wall, in this case, the M ounting T ype m ust be set to W all . If the Mounting T ype is set as Ceiling or Ground , the vi[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 61 Preset T our After you set the Preset Point, the T our function will be enabled. See Ho w to Set Preset Point s on page 26 for m ore information. NOTE : Hom e position has to be set again after changi ng the installation t ype, the motion detection configuratio ns and PTZ configurat ions [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 62 Camera Calibration Camera Calibration allo ws users to m anually calibrate and find the center image of the c amera. Since the c amera has alread y been calibrated before shipment, calibrating the cam era is not usuall y needed. However , if the image will be f lipped throug h Video Flipp[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 63 Video The s ub-section is also n am ed Video . For Audio supported cam eras, there w ill also be 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 live view o[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 64 Parameters Description Encoder T ype There are two encoder types available: H.264 (High Prof ile) and MJPEG. H.264 Profile This item is available only if the Encoder T ype is H.264. The H.264 Prof ile defines the video com pression scheme: Hig h Profile , M ain Profile , and Baseline . Th[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 65 Video Max Bit Rate (only for H.264) Defines the upper limit of the bitrate (onl y a vailable under CBR mode). T he bitrate wi ll be floating s lightly under that lim it. For example, if the limit is set as 2M, the bitrate will be floating around 1.6~2.0 Mbps. If the V ideo Max Bit Rate is[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 66 Motion Detection The section “ Motion Detec tion ” allows the user to configure the video m otion detection s ystem of the cam era. Motion detect ion regions are based on Stream 1. By def ault, there are three (3) e nabled pre -defined regions co vering the whole cam era view . Click [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 67 Enabled or disabled Although all 3 m otion det ection reg ions are enab led b y defau lt, each can be disabled and enabled individually . Look at the example: Only the region 1 is enabled while 2 and 3 are disabled. The disabled regions disap pear from the video disp lay . Note that t he [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 68 T rigg er threshold Look at the m oving o bject entering the area of motion det ection: although moving quite slowly , it caused m otion activity – s everal pix el regions re ported a motion th at was f aster than allowed “ speed lim it ” of sensitivity (70). The blue gr aph on th e[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 69 possible com binations of settings using sensitivit y level and trigger thresh old percentage. The objects listed in each cell will trigge r an alarm under gi ven sett ings: Low threshold (0- 5 %) High threshold (5-1 00%) Low sensitiv ity (0 -65) Big and fast Small and fast Big and fast H[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 70 There is one more item on the Motion Detec tion configuration page which was not explained above – the Profile of Motion Detection . T hink of them as Profile 1 ( Runtime MD Pr ofile) and Profile 2 ( Event MD Profile). It m eans that you can c onfigure two independent groups of Motion D[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 71 Day/Night Th e section Day/Night a llows user to control the switching between day mode and night mode. This section will be displayed onl y for day/night models. Parameters Description Day/Night mode There are three m odes: Auto: The camera will autom atically s witch between day m ode ([...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 72 Image Th e section Image allows user to contro l certain parameters of a video fram e. For D / E / B Serie s For I-Series Onl y Parameters Description Video Flipping / Video Mirroring Check this box to flip the video up-do wn and l eft-right to achieve the 180 -degree rotat ion effect. Br[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 73 Parameters Description 3DNR. Edge Enhancem ent (for I-s eries only) Select t he E dge Enhancement value. T he higher t he valu e, the sharper the image. Defogging (for I-s eries only) This feature provides a clear image even when the camera is installed in a fogg y environment. S elect th[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 74 Exposure / White Balance The sec tion Expo sure / Wh ite Balance allows the user to conf igure Exposure (shutter , iris and gain contro l) and W hite Balance settings . In most cases, the def ault settings are s ufficient and no adj ustment is needed. So me options will onl y appear under[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 75 Hold. The user can n ow remove the white object from the field of view , and the colors will sta y correct for given sc ene. For advanc ed users, there is also an op tion to switch f rom Auto mode to Manual mode of W hite Balance directly and i nput the R Ga in and B Gain values m anually[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 76 IR Exposure Compensati on – Enabl ed IR E xposu re Comp ensation is availab le on all cam eras with IR LEDs. This feature au t omatically balances the IR exposure to eliminate over-exp osed images cause b y t oo much IR on the subject. W hen enabled, the AE referenc e target is autom at[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 77 Slowest Auto Shutter Sp eed is the user defined threshol d for slowest allowed speed of auto shutter . For exam ple, if by def ault the shutter speed wou ld vary bet ween 1/5s ~ 1/2 000s depending on the lighting c onditions, then setti ng the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to 1/30s would nar[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 78 OSD The section OSD ( or OSD / Privacy Mask as s hown in som e cameras) allows users to add text to the upper or lower left corner of the video. This function is called T ext Overlay or On -Screen Displa y (OSD) . It is pos sible to displa y the camera name, date and tim e, IP address or [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 79 Below is the list of c haracters with specia l m eaning that can be used in the text field: Parameters Description %YYYY Y ear in four -digit form at. For exam ple, 2008 %YY Y ear in two-d igit form at. For exam ple, 08 %MM Month in two- digit format. For example, 01 for Januar y , 12 f o[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 80 Privacy Mask Privacy Mask allo ws (or OSD/pusers to cover up s om e sensitive areas of the video that should not be captured by the cam era, such as m anager ’ s com puter screen or bathroom ntrance. It is possible to conf igure several independe nt regions for m asking. M icrosoft Inte[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 81 W hen swi tchin g back to live view , the privac y mask would look like this: Please note that the T ext Overlay (OSD) and P rivac y Ma sk s will tak e ef fect for both Stream 1 and Stream 2. After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset but ton undoe[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 82 T o create a privacy m ask, do the following: 1. Select the Preset Point where the mask should appear . 2. Select a target Region num ber , then check Setup . 3. A boxed regi on appears on the screen. Use the upper bar to drag t he region you want to cover with the m ask. The region may b[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 83 5. Click A ppl y to save and appl y the changes. 6. Repeat the above pr ocedures to create m ore masks. Note that the pri vacy mask created is only valid on th e selected pres et point. Once the camera is panned or zoom ed in or out or m oves to another preset point, the conf igured priva[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 84 Privacy M ask of I-Series PTZ and Speed Dome Camera s For PT Z cam eras under th e I9x series, the privacy mask is dynamic. T hus, when the cam era is panned to other directions, the region that is originally covered remains covered for privacy . Up to 32 privacy m asks can be created on [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 85 4. Check Enabled an d press Appl y to save the changes . The region is now covered with a black mask . 5. Repeat the above pr ocedures to create m ore masks. W hen the live view is panned to other dir ection and you wish to view the region with a privac y mask, select the regi on on Go to[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 86 On -Screen Graphics On -Screen Graph ics (O SG) is a new feature tha t allows placing custom image f iles on the top of the vide o as a la yer . For exam ple, it c an be used as a waterm ark for security purposes, or a brand logo in the corn er of the video im age. There is no interface w[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 87 W hen done , us e another URL command 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_CONF IG mean following: Parameter Position Description 1 1 means enabled, 0 m eans disabled 2 X position 3 Y [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 88 A udio The section Audio is available on ly for audio-s upported m odels. The user interface f or audio control looks as below: Parameters Description Audio In The option “ Enabled ” would activate incom ing au dio (either line in or built-in microphone). The option “ D isabled ” [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 89 Event This section describes ho w to setup the Event Han dler , which deals with how the IP devices respond to situations. Each IP device can h ave a m aximum of 10 Event R ule s. Each rule includes one singl e trigger , an d on e or man y responses. Several t ypes of responses are availa[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 90 FTP Server FTP servers can rec eive snapshot or video uploads that are issued as part of the response fr om event handlers. Y ou may setup one FT P server . T o setup FTP servers , make sure to enter the network address of FT P server , the Network (FTP) port, the Us er Nam e and Pass wor[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 91 T o s etu p SMTP servers, m ake sure to enable t he SMTP account and ch oose the pro per Authentication type. There are many types available. The def ault is Login. W e recommend you to use Auto Detection. Av ail able authenticat ion t ypes include: A uto Detectio n, None, Logi n, Plain, [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 92 T o setup HTTP servers, make sure to enable t he HTT P server , enter the user nam e, the user password, Network (H TT P Server) address, Network (H TT P Server) port number and Max connection tim e before timeout (in seco nds). After changing an y of the items above, pres s Apply to save[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 93 Digital I/O ports Digital input/outp ut ports (select models onl y) are used to connect digital in put (DI) and digital output (DO) devices . DI is a trigger de vice lik e a switc h or sensor (e.g. “p anic butto n”), which when press ed or triggered, notifies the cam era to per form s[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 94 Sound Detection Sound detection is a vailable on c ameras with Audio i n capability and is shown on the user interface o nly if the Audio I n function is ena bled in Audio setup m enu (see Aud io on page 88 ) . Sound detect ion is used to trigger the camera or anoth er cam era to perform [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 95 Notification message Notification messages m ay be sent to either an email or a HTT P CGI server . If sent to a CGI server , it work s the sam e as an URL comm and, but it does not allo w a seco nd message at end of event. Y ou m ay conf igure up to three pres et massages. Y o u c an conf[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 96 *Pre-re quisites: SMTP server / FTP ser ver / HTTP CGI ser ver setup. Upload Video/snapshot a nd A u dio IP devices ma y send video recording / sn apshots to y our chosen server upon event. Vi deo will be in .R A W f ormat, while snaps hots will be .J PG files. Y ou can def ine up to thre[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 97 Upload Video/snapshot and A udio ch eckbox : this decides if this rule is in effect, or disabled. Sometim es it is useful to keep the settings for troubles hooting purposes , but keep them as disabled. Upload M edia to : these define the task at hand, and change th e field th at needs to [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 98 CGI path & Program : Som e CGI servers may requir e s pecial info and settings. Please refer to CGI server designer for this section. IP de vices do n ot allow u pload of Snapshots / Video into their embedded CGI servers. E-Mail Recipient / Subject : W hen upload ing video/ snapshots [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 99 *Pre-re quisites: HT TP CGI ser ver setup. *P re -requisi tes: SMTP serve r / HTTP CGI serve r setup. Send URL commands URL commands can be se nt to HTT P CGI serv ers upon event. T his pr ovides t he poss ibility of highly intelligent response upon event. IP de vices and man y other d ev[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 100 Event List Y ou m ay define a m aximum of 10 Event rules, which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event List panel. It will dis play und er eac h Event ID, the days of th e week it wil l be ac tive, the start time and duration of the active period, the type of the source of trigge[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 101 How is it triggered? Events ma y be triggered by one of the several sources . Scheduler : Y ou can tr igger an e vent base d on the set schedule. F or example, in th e exam ple below , the sche dule is s et f or an alarm to sound at 4:00, and will sound once every 5 m inutes within the n[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 102 Device boots successfully : This will trigger the eve nt responses once the dev ice boots up. Y ou can use this to create a notification s ystem that k eeps record of when the de vice has bee n rebooted via em ail. Reboot device : This triggers the event response when the device is shut [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 103 Change Mo tion Detection profile : T his will switch the prof ile of the selected M otion Det ection region from Runtime profile to Event profile. The prof ile will r eturn to runtim e settings at the end of this event. Y ou ma y program one motion d etection reg ion to b e disabled at r[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 104 Manual Event Y ou m ay select one event in the Manua l Event area b elow the event list to be tr iggered via web user interface. After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset but ton undoes the changes th at had just been m ade but not Applied yet. O[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 105 Local Storage Management The cameras that come with built- in local storage cap ability will have the Local St orage menu shown on the Setup Page when a memor y card is inserted into the mem ory card slot of the device. Video recording configurati ons such as the l ength of rec ording, v[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 106 Status W hen the m ass storage has not been formatted or m ounted yet, the camera would n ot kno w the status of the storage, an d the output would be as follows: If the mass storage has been formatted or mounted already , the Status page will show the details of the storage: In case of [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 107 Utilities The “ Utilities ” are responsib le for m anaging the storage itself r ather than the files on th e storage. There are three ut ilities – Mount, Form at and Sca n. Mount W hen the Mount storage media button shows “ Mou nt ” button then it m eans that the mass storage h[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 108 Unmount Once the drive has been m ounted, it c an l ater be unmounted by pressing t he “ Unmount ” button, if necessary . That Unm ount function is used when the camera is to be shut do wn for maintenance or when the mass storage has t o be physicall y rem oved for som e reason. The [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 109 Mount Failure If the insert ed disk ’ s f ile system is not EXT3, then the Mounting would fail and an err or m essage would appear . The c ommon r eason is th at the disk m ay have previously bee n used in other file s ystems, such as W indows based PC or p hoto cam era. If the disk do[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 10 Format Failure If the disk is dam aged or it is not within the specificatio ns of the camera, the f ormatting ma y fail. W hen this happe ns, there is no way to co ntinue using that d isk, and it has to be r eplaced with a proper one.[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 111 Scan T o check the “ health ” of the disk, it is pos sible to use the “ Sc an ” function. If the d isk has alread y been mounted, the “ Scan” button is gra yed out, unmount the d isk first to enable the “Sca n” button. Scan Failure The scanning would fai l if the disk is [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 12 File Management The File M anagement subm enu allows users to graphical ly see the amount of vid eos recorded on the mem ory card through its tim eline, as well as the type of triggers that m ay h ave occured during the recording. NOTE: Mak e sure to “format” the m emory card first [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 13  Sound Detection : W hen this +b ox is checked, the timeline bar will sho w orange bars if the sound detection is triggered o n a timeslot. 5 Go to Current Ti me Click the button to go the current tim e. 6 Ti meline Bar: S1 (Video Stream 1) S2 (Video Stream 2) Allows users to bro wse[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 14 System The section System pro vides the list of functions that help m anage the camera. T he [+] m ark before S ystem indicates that the list can be expanded by click ing on it. Once expanded, the l ist can later be collapse d again by click ing on the [- ] mark . User Account The secti[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 15 System Info The section S ystem Info provides the ful l information abou t camera status, sett ings and log. T his inform ation is very helpful while doing the c amera conf iguration , maintenance or trou bleshooting. The Server Report i s a convenient way of expo rting the full list of[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 16 Factory Default The section Factor y Defau lt allows the cam era setting s be reset to the original factor y settings. If you want to keep network settings and restore ot her settings to fac tory default, plea se s elect the f irst option . If you select the s econd one instead, all the[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 17 Firmware Upload The section Firmw are Upload allows r emote upgrade or downgrade of camera firm ware. The upgrade to newer version is usually done in order to gain new functions or fix existing bugs or limitations while do wngrade to older version is used m ostly f or integrat ion purpo[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 18 Firmware Upload from the Download Center T o upgrade th e firm ware autom atically , c hoose “ Firm ware Upl oad from the Download Center ” and press the A ppl y button. The cam era will automatically searc h the latest firmware version. Cl ick the Uplo ad button to start the up loa[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 1 19 Save & Reboot Th e Save & Reboot section a llows saving the settings and rebooting the camera remotely . This i s critical because some settings might not take ef fect before save & reboot.[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 120 Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP devi ce. Be sure to logo ut this IP device once you hav e completed all the task s via Web Configurator .[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 121 Troubleshooting Although the default settings of the c amera are ideal for 90% of the cas es, t h ere m ay be some rare c ases when the settings need to be a djusted or the devi ce has t o be examined. T he following secti on provides e asy troubleshooting solutions f or most c ases. In [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmw are User ’ s Manual V6.09. 45 122 IR light reflection Make sure the dome o r bullet cover is tightly mounted; Reduce the AE reference target in Auto Exposure mode; Reduce the Exposure Gain in M anual Exposure mode Streaming Qu alit y T roubleshooting Frame Rate T oo Low at Night In auto exposure mode, s et the Slowest Au[...]

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