ACTi E97 manual

Firmware User ’s Manual A1D-500- V6 .0 8. 30 - AC 201 5/ 01 / 22[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 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 Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 3 Host ............................................................................................................ 32 Serial Setting ................................................................ ......................... 33 GPS Position ...................................................[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 4 Save & Reboot ..................................................................................... 1 15 Logout ..................................................................................................... 1 16 T roubleshooti ng 1 17[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 5 Recommended PC Specification s In order to configure or t est the cam eras, a PC with f ollowing basic specifications 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 Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 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 same time, the cam era has to have its o wn power supply . In case of PoE cameras , you can use a PoE Inj[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 7 In the example below , w e s uccessfully found D1 1 c am era that we had just connected to the network. W ith the left m ouse click on D1 1 it is possible to aut omatically launc h the defau l t bro wser of the PC with the IP address of the targ et camera filled in the ad dress bar of the [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 8 Use the default I P add ress of a camera: If there is no DHCP server in the give n network, the user m ay have to assig n the IP addresses to both PC and cam era manually to m ake sure the y are in the sam e network segment. W hen th e cam era is plugged into n etwork and it does not de te[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 9 Manually adjust the I P add resses of multiple 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 cam eras would then have the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100 , whic[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 10 A cc ess the Camera Now that the cam era and the PC are both hav ing their unique I P addresses an d are under the same network s egment, it is possible to us e the Web browser of the PC to acc ess the camera. Y ou can use an y of the brow sers to access the cam era, however , the full fu[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 11 The following examples i n this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to co ver all functions of th e camera. Assum ing that the cam era ’ s IP address is 192.168.0.100 , you can access it b y opening the Web browser and t yping the following address int o Web browser ?[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 12 Using IPv6 to Access the Camera The camera is IP v6-ready and has been as signed its unique static IPv6 a ddress. The IPv6 address can be foun d under the System > Sytem Info menu (see System Info on page 1 12 for more inform ation). T o access the cam era with the IPv6 address, t ype [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 13 Live View This section describ es ho w to configure the IP camera . The administrator has unlimited acces s to all settings, while the n ormal user ca n only view live video. Login Initially there exists only a dministrator ’ s ac count in the camera (Account: A dmin, Password: 123456) [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 14 Live V iew The live view will appear a utomatically with th e video resolution of 128 0x720 (1M P cam eras) or 1920x1080 (2 -5MP cameras ). W hile bei ng on the Live View page, the Live View icon appears as be ing pressed: If you leave the Live View page, you can later return b y pressing[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 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 th e digital zoom buttons, the actual video stream size of the camera is the same as before. Y ou can also di[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 16 T o capture the snapshots of the c urrent live view , press the snapsho t button. T he snapshots are saved in Pictures f older . - T ake a Snapshot Cameras wi th au dio function have the aud io contro ls on Live View page. - Speak to Camera T o speak to the camera, pres s the button. If t[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 17 The digital output c ontrols appear on the Live V iew pa ge of the cam eras with digital input/output function. The controls allow users to manually trigger a DO de vice. - Select DO Port Each DO ports are co ntrolled separatel y . For cam eras with more than o ne DO ports, select the DO [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 18 V iew Modes For Hem ispheric and Fishe ye cameras, the Min iature Fisheye- V iew an d View Mode buttons appear on the Live V ie w screen. By d efault, a miniature of the F isheye v iew is shown on the lo wer r ight corn er of the Live V ie w , press to hide the m iniature fisheye-v iew or[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 19 ePTZ Vie w Mode ePTZ mode work s as an optical PTZ (pan -tilt-zoom ) function. Y ou can change the vie wing direction by moving the m ouse o ver the Live View screen and click ing towards the direction you wish to view . The m ouse cursor is represente d by a red “ + ” mark . If Minia[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 20 Panorama Vie w Mode This mode allows you to view the cam era in panorama view where det ails can be seen more clearly . W hen the ca m era is i nstalled on the ceiling, there will be two panorama views, one for the upper hemisphere and another for the lower hemisphere. The lower hemispher[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 21 Fi sheye Vie w Mode This mode sho ws the camera view as though vie wing from a fish ’s ey e with the whole viewing angle in sight but details may be too sm all and not be seen clearl y .[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 22 PTZ Control Panel (For PTZ and Zoom Cameras) For PTZ and zoom camera m odels, click the PTZ button on the Live View screen to display the PTZ Contro l Panel. For PT Z cameras , the PTZ button can be one of t he following: Joystick Mode This is the basic PT Z button. W hen the PTZ Control [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 23 How to Use Pan/Tilt Click the pan/tilt contro ls to pan/tilt th e PTZ camera. Other pan/tilt features include:  Auto pan/tilt speed : When “Enabled”, th e camera autom atically sets the pan/tilt s peed according to the zoom ratio and the se lected pan/tilt speed while retaining the[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 24 How to Zoom the Camera In or Out Zooming can be done co ntinuously or b y one step (one click) at a time. T o zoom continuously , do t he following: 1. On Zoom Control , select the Speed , wherein the bigger the num ber , the f aster is the zooming speed. 2. Click and hold the l eft mouse[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 25 How to Set the Home Position 1. Pan, tilt, and zoom on the area that y ou want to set as the h ome position. 2. Click the A ppl y button on the Sav e current position as home po sition . How to Set Serial Hex Command Protoc ol ACTi cam eras and video managem ent systems fully support the [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 26 How to Set T ouring Preset Poin ts Preset points are us er-defined areas that th e camera can zoom in to. A s eries of preset points can be grouped as on e T our . T o create a preset point, do the following: 1. On Preset , click a icon to start creating a preset point. 2. Under the Name [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 27 b. How to Set the Home Position on page 25 . c. Preset point name : The camera will go to the pres et point which is alrea dy configured (see How to Set T ouring Preset Poin ts ). d. DISABLE : T o disable this functiion. 2. On Idle Time , type the duration of time (seconds) wherein the ca[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 28 How to Set and Enable T ours Once a preset point is created, the T ouring Control pa ge tab appears. Cl ick the T ouring Control page tab to c onfigure the P reset T our . A Pre set T our directs the cam era to cycle through a sequence of preset points and st ay on each preset point f or [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 29  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 Preset Point . 6. On T ouring Con trol , select the to[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 30 W hen a scan po int has been set, the corresponding D elete icon appears. T o rem ove the scan point, click . How to M anage Scan T o start scanning, click . T o restart scanning from the starting point while scanning is in progress , click . T o stop scanning, click . W hen scanning is i[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 31 Setup The following chapters g uide you through th e Setup functions of the cam era. A cc ess the Setup Page T o configure an y of the ca mera 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 the l[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 32 Host The section “ Host ” a llows the adm inistrator to define t he name of the camera and pref erred user interface lang uage. There are two kinds of names – Host N ame and Cam era Name. Host Name is used to identify the cam era b y a DHC P server . In some network s with ver y str[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 33 Serial Setting This section allo ws the user to s et the serial port configuration of the cam era to synchronize it with the serial port co nfigurations of a Pan -Til t (PT ) device. Serial Port Control : Select the serail port co ntrol that m atches with the serial p ort configured on th[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 34 GPS Position This section allo ws users to manuall y set the GPS position of the cam era and find the location of the camera on the m ap when using a Net work V ideo Recorder (NV R). Check the Enabled box to enable this f eature. Find the camera locat ion on google m aps, for ex ample, in[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 35 Date & T ime Each video fram e c ontains a time stamp. T he accurac y of the tim e s tamp is very important for incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the ca m era has to b e adjusted to m ost accurate time possible. The s ection Date & Time provides the options for adj us[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 36 If all the cameras are getting the date and tim e from the same NTP Serv er , you can b e most sure that the video c lips from different cameras can be well s y nchro nized later for c omparison purposes. T o choose the most suitable NT P Server to synchronize date and t ime with, please [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 37 Net w ork The section Network pro vides th e list of network related functions and serv ices. T he [+] mark before Net work indicates that the list can be ex panded by click ing on it. Once expanded, th e list can later be col lapsed again by clicking on the [ -] m ark. IP Address Filteri[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 38 Using Netmask (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a w hole range of IP address at once, without t he need to en ter all of them individually . If you are not sure about the function of Netmask , then you shou ld use 255.255.255.2 55, and it will affect only a s ingle IP address [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 39 Port Mapping The section Port M apping provides t he l ist of services and protoc ols that require their own port num ber for communication. By defau lt, the camera already has all the ports defined. On this page, the user can modif y th e port numbers in case there is a specific need for[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 40 Multicast Setting a llows users to conf igure the IP addresses and ports f or multicast video and audio (supported m odels only) stre ams. Multicast is a protocol where a data str eam is sent only once and shared to req uesting devices. Th is in turn saves network bandwidth. Howev er , to[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 41 HTT PS HTTPS protocol allows creating a secure c hannel over an insecure network in order to protect the data s ent between the c amera and its counterpart. T wo th ings are required t o have a sec ure c ommunication – encrypted data, and verified counterpart of the communication. T o m[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 42 IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port -based Network Access Control. 8 02.1X aut hentication involves three p arties: a s upplicant, an auth enticator , and an authentication ser ver . The s uppli ca nt is a client d evice (such a s an IP cam era) that wishes to attach to t[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 43 If certif icates or private ke y ex ist already , there will be a Remove butto n beh ind these items , in order to remove these items when necessar y . After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save th e changes. T he Reset button undoes the changes th at had just been made [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 44 SNMP Setting T he SNM P Setting item displays the SN MP co nfiguration p age . SNMP provides an easy way t o manage net work devices. The main features are: 1. Monitoring device upt ime 2. System detail descr iption. (Ex: model name, m odel description and firm ware version.) 3. Collect i[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 45 The securit y m ethod of SNM P V3 uses acc ount/password for aut hentication. “Securit y Nam e” is the account nam e to be used with your “Pass word”. The default secur ity name is “public” and the password m ust be at least 8 characters lon g. Y ou also can s et a ny other s [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 46 ICMP Provide the status and statistics of ICMP . Ex: amount of receive/error message of ICMP . TCP Provide the status and operation of T rans port Layer (Layer 4) using TCP protocol. Ex: TCP Local Port, incoming/outgoing TCP segments. UDP Provide the status and operation of T rans port La[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 47 RTP The RT P section allows user to conf igure RTP Setting s . If the RTSP Authentication is “ Enabled ” , then the RTP stream ing w ill require account name and password authentica tion. If the RTP B2 F rame is “ Enabled ” the n the B2 f rame is a dded to every vid eo fram e, con[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 48 Network (T oS, UPnP , Bonjour , ONVIF) The section Net work contains the controls for f ollowing functions: T ype of Service UPnP Bonjour ONVIF T ype of Service Th e “ Ty pe of Service ” provides 4 options to define the priorities of h ow the data f rom the camera s hould be handled b[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 49 After changing an y of the items above, press Apply to save the changes. T he Reset button undoes the changes th at had just been made b ut not Applied yet. Most of the W indows-based computers have the ca pability to discov er the devic es that support UPnP TM . Below is the example of W[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 50 ONVIF The camera with g iven firm ware is O NVIF 2.2 com pliant. By d efault, the ONVIF function is enabled. T o disable the ON VIF s upport, remove the check on the box and press Apply . If you need to acti vate O NVIF on m ultiple ca meras convenientl y , you m ay use the IP Utilit y in[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 51 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 Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 52 In som e rare cases, the camera m ay be connected to the control center over Internet. Usually , the m ost cost efficient wa y is to use ADSL connection with PPPo E . T o avoid the unexpecte d changes of IP a ddresses by Internet S ervice Provider upon the res tart of the cam era, it is r[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 53 DNS T he section D NS allows setting up t he Domain N ame Service for the cam era. The cam era will connect to the DN S server w hen there is a need to resolve a dom ain name for s ending data to. The most co mm on usage is the ftp or e-m ail server in the Event Handler sec tion is defin [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 54 DDNS There are sur veillance solutions that co nsist of single ca meras scattered over a wide terr itory , theref ore each of those cam eras should be connected to Internet in order to become accessible by Control C enter . For exam ple, the chain stores, bus stops, currenc y exchange boo[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 55 Every tim e the IP c amera gets an IP that is different from previous one, it not ifies the public DDNS Service about the change. T he DDNS Service updat es its databas e i mm ediately , m apping the assigned domain name (for example camera1 23.dyndns.org ) to the new IP address . In NVR [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 56 T o activate DDNS, please check the “ Enabled “ . Selec t the s ervice reference, inp ut the Host Name ( the dom ain name given to the cam era by DDNS service, User Name and Passw ord of the DDNS server acc ount. Y ou will get the needed H ost Nam e, User Name and Pass word inform ati[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 57 V ideo & A udio The s ection Video or Video & Audio (for audio supported cameras) provides the options to adj ust the video quality , conf igure the s treaming details of the camera , and audio settings (f or Audio supported cam eras only ) , which will be described in the succ ee[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 58 Camera Options o f Fisheye and Hemisphe ric Cameras Choose the M ounting T ype accordi ng to how the cam era is mounted to displa y the appropriate view . There are three options: Wall , Ceiling or Ground . For Wall mount, a single p anorama vie w is sho wn. Adjust the Ph ysical Installat[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 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 Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 60 Stream M ode: Dual (for Hem ispheric Cameras only) The Dual view m ode of the Hem ispheric cam eras simply streams a 180° panarom a view for cameras m ounted on the wall, in this case, th e Mo unting T ype must be set to Wall . If the Mounting T ype is set as Ceiling or G round , the vid[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 61 Preset T our After you set the Preset Point, the T our function will be enabled. See How to Set Touring Preset Poin ts on page 26 f or more inform ation. NOTE : Hom e position has to be set again af ter changing the installatio n type, the m otion detection configuratio ns and PTZ configu[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 62 Camera Calibration Camera Calibration allows users to manually calibrat e and find the center image of the c amera. Since the cam era has already been ca librated before shipm ent, calibrating the cam era is not usuall y need ed. However , if the image will be flipped through V ideo Flipp[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 63 Video The s ub-section is also na med Video . For Audio s upported cam eras, there w ill also be a sub -section named Audio. The video section is d ivided into tabs. The functionality of each ta b is explained separatel y below . Upon opening t he su b-section named V ideo, the live view [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 64 Parameters Description Encoder T ype There are two encoder types availab le: 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 Profile defines the video c ompression sc heme: High Profile , M ain Profile , and Baseline . T [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 65 Video Max Bit Rate (only for H.264) Defines the upp er limit of the bitrate (onl y a vailab le under CBR mode). The bitrate will be f loating sl ightly un der 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 [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 66 Motion Detection The section “ Motion Detec tion ” allows the user to configure the v ideo motion detection s ystem of the cam era. Motion detect ion regions are based on Stream 1. By default, there are three (3) e nabled pre- defined regions cover ing the whole cam era view . Click o[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 67 Enabled or disabled Although all 3 m otion detection reg ions are enab led b y default, each can be disabled and enabled individually . Look at the example: Only the r egion 1 is e nabled while 2 and 3 are disabled. The disabled regions disap pear from the video displa y . Note that the n[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 68 T rigg er threshold Look at the moving object entering the area of m otion detection: although moving quite slowly , it caused m otion activity – s everal pix el regions reported a motio n that was faster than allowed “ speed lim it ” of sensitivity (70). The blue gr aph on the r ig[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 69 possible com binations of settings using sensitivit y level and trigger threshold percentage. The objects listed in each cell will trigger an alarm under given 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 High[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 70 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 Profile) a nd Profile 2 ( Event MD Profile). It m eans that you can conf igure two indepen dent grou ps of Motio[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 71 Day/Night Th e section Day/Night allows user to c ontrol the switc hing between day mode a nd 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 s witch be twee n day m [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 72 Image Th e section Image allows user to contro l certain parameters of a video frame. For D / E / B Serie s For I-Series Onl y Parameters Description Video Flipping / Video Mirrori ng Check this box to flip the video up -down and lef t-right to ach ieve the 180 -degree rotat ion effect. B[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 73 Parameters Description 3DNR. Edge Enhancem ent (for I-s eries only ) Select t he E dge Enhancem ent 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[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 74 Exposure / White Balance The sec tion Exposur e / Wh ite Balance allows th e user to c onfigure Exposure (shut ter , iris a nd gain contro l) an d W hite Balance settings. In m ost cases , the default settings are sufficient and n o adjustm ent is needed. Som e options will o nly appear u[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 75 the shutter spee d within the allo wed r ange (set b y us er under Slo west Auto Shutter Speed) and increase the signal gai n. Slowest Auto Shutter Sp eed is the user defined threshold f or slowest allowed s peed of auto shutter . For exam ple, if by def ault the shutter speed wou ld vary[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 76 white color to fine tu ne the rest of the colors. In such cases, the installer can “ help ” the camera to understand the true co lors by placing a white object (f or example a piece of white paper) in front of the cam era to c over the whole field of view and wait a f ew sec onds – [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 77 Exposure M ode - Manual W hen the lighting conditions are stable 24 hours a da y , the ad vanced users m ay consider using manual exposure m ode, t o further fine tune the image quality in or der to fulfill the special project requirements. Please note that in most cases, it is highl y re[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 78 OSD/Privacy Mask The section OSD / Privac y Mask allo ws user to do one of the two on -video operations: NOTE: Privacy Mask is not available on zoom and PT (Z) cam eras under the E and B camera series as well as on hem ispheric cam eras in ePTZ mode. 1. Add text to the upper or lower left[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 79 Below is the list of characters with special meaning tha t can be used in the text f ield: Parameters Description %YYYY Y ear in four -digit form at. For example, 2008 %YY Y ear in two-d igit form at. For example, 08 %MM Month in two- digit format. For exam ple, 01 for Januar y , 12 for D[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 80 Privacy M ask Setup Privacy Mask is not a ailable on zoom and PT(Z) cameras under the E and B camera series. For Privacy Mask s etup of PTZ / speed dom e cam eras under the I 9x ser ies, see Privacy M ask Setup of PTZ Camer as on page 81 . It is p ossible to s et up up to 4 regions of pri[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 81 After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save th e changes. T he Reset button undoes the changes th at had just been made b ut not Applied yet. NOTE: It m ay take several seconds to update the region location on video disp lay after pressing Apply! Privacy M ask Setup of PT[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 82 4. Check Enabled an d press Apply to sa ve the changes . The reg ion is now covered with a black mask . Repeat the abo ve procedures to create m ore masks. W hen th e 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 Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 83 On -Screen Graphics On -Screen Graph ics (OSG ) is a n ew featur e that allows placing custom im age files on the to p of the vide o as a la yer . For example, it can be used as a waterm ark f or security purposes, or a brand logo in the corn er of the video im age. There is no interface [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 84 W hen do ne, use a nother URL com mand to configure its pos ition: 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 [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 85 A udio The section Audio is available on ly for audio-sup ported models. T he user interface f or audio control looks a s below: Parameters Description Audio In The option “ Enabled ” would activate incoming au dio (either line in or built-in microphone). The option “ D isabled ” [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 86 Event This section describes ho w to s etup the Event Han dler , which deals with how the IP d evices respond to situations. Each IP device can h ave a maxim um of 10 Event Rules. Ea ch rule includes one single trigg er , and on e or m any responses. Several types of res ponses are availa[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 87 FTP Server FTP servers can rec eive snapshot or vid eo uploads that are iss ued as part of th e response from event handlers. Y ou may setup one FT P server . T o setup FTP servers , make sure to e nter the network address of FTP server , the Network (FT P) port, the User Nam e and Passwo[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 88 T o setup SMTP servers, m ake sure to enable the SMTP account and cho ose the proper Authentication type. There are many types available. The def ault is Logi n. W e recommend you to use A uto Det ection. Available authentication types include: Auto Detection, None, L ogin, Plai n, Cram M[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 89 T o setup HTTP servers, make sure to enable the HTTP server , enter t he user name, the user password, Network (H TT P Server) address, Network (HTT P Server) port number and Max connection tim e before timeout (in seco nds). After changing an y of the items above, press Apply to save th [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 90 Digital I/O ports Digital input/outp ut ports (select m odels onl y) are used to connect digital input (DI) and digit al output (DO) devices . DI is a trigger device like a switch or sensor (e.g. “ panic button”), which when pressed or triggered, notifies the cam era to perform specif[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 91 Sound Detection Sound detection is a vailable on cam eras with Audi o in capabilit y an d is sho wn on the user interface o nly if the Audio In function is enabled in Audio s etup m enu (see Aud io on page 85 ) . Sound detect ion is used to trigger the cam era or another c amera to perfor[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 92 Notification message Notification mess ages m ay be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server . If sent to a CG I server , it work s the sam e as an URL comm and, bu t it does not allow a second message at end of event. Y ou ma y conf igure up to three preset m assages. Y o u ca n conf[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 93 *Pre-re quisites: SMTP server / FTP ser ver / HTTP CGI ser ver setup. Upload Video/snapshot a nd Audio IP devices ma y send video recording / snapsho ts to y our chosen server upon event. V ideo will be in .R A W form at, while s napshots will be .JPG files. Y ou can define up to three gr[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 94 Upload Video/snapshot and A udio ch eckbox : this decides if this rul e is in effect, or disabled. Sometim es it is useful to keep the settings for troubleshooting purposes, but k eep them as disabled. Upload M edia to : these define the task at hand, and change the field that nee ds to b[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 95 CGI path & Program : Some CGI servers m ay requir e special info and settings. Please refer to CGI server designer for this section. IP devices do not all ow upload of Snapshots / V ideo into their embedded CGI servers. E-Mail Recipient / Subject : When uploading vid eo/ snapshots via[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 96 *Pre-re quisites: HT TP CGI ser ver se tup . *P re -requisi tes: SMTP serve r / HTTP CGI serv er setup. Send URL commands URL commands can be s ent to HT TP CGI servers upon event. This provides the p ossibility of highly intelligent response upon event. IP dev ices and m any other device[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 97 Event List Y ou m ay define a m aximum of 10 Event rules, which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event Li st pane l. It will dis play under each Event ID, the da y s of th e week it will be a ctive, the start time and duration of the active period, the type of the source of trigge[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 98 How is it triggered? Events ma y be triggered by one of the se veral sources. Scheduler : Y ou can trigger an event based on the set schedule. For example, in th e example below , the sc hedule is set for an alarm to sound at 4:00, and will sound once every 5 minutes within the next 10 m [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 99 Device boot s successfully : This will trig ger the event responses once the device boots up. Y ou can use this to create a notificati on s ystem that k eeps record of when the device has b een rebooted via em ail. Reboot device : This triggers the event response when the de vice is shut [...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 100 Change M otion Detection profile : This will switch th e profile of the selected M otion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event profile. The prof ile wi ll return to runtim e settings at the end of this event. Y ou may program one m otion detect ion region to be d isabled at ru n[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 101 Manual Event Y ou m ay se lect one event in the Manual Event area below the event list to be trig gered via web user interface. After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save th e changes. T he Reset button undoes the changes th at had just been made b ut not Applied yet. O[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 102 Local Storage Management The cameras that come with built-in local storage capa bility will have the Local Storage m enu shown on the Setup Page when a m emor y card is ins erted into the m emor y card s lot of the device. Video recording configurations such as the length of recording, v[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 103 Status W hen the m ass storage h as not been f ormatted or mounted yet, t he camera would n ot k now the status of the storage, an d the output would be as follows: If the mass storage has been f ormatted or mounted already , the Status page will sho w the details of the storage: In case[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 104 Utilities The “ Utilities ” are r esponsible f or m anaging the st orage itse lf rather than the files on th e storage. There are three ut ilities – Mount, Form at and Scan. Mount W hen the Mount storage m edia butto n shows “ Mount ” button then it means that t he m ass storag[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 105 Unmount Once the drive has been m ounted, it can later be unm ounted by pressing t he “ Un mount ” button, if necessary . That Unm ount function is used when the camera is to b e shut down for m aintenance or when the mass s torage has to be physicall y rem oved for some reason. T he[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 106 Mount Failure If the inserted disk ’ s file s ystem is not EXT 3, then the Mounting would fail an d an error message would appear . The c ommon reason i s tha t the disk ma y have prev iously been use d in ot her file system s, such as W indows based P C or photo camera. If the disk do[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 107 Format Failure If the disk is damaged or it is not within the specifications of the c amera, the formatting ma y fail. W hen this happe ns, there is no wa y to conti nue using that disk , and it has to be replaced with a proper one.[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 108 Scan T o check the “ health ” of the disk, it is possible to us e the “ Scan ” f unction. If the disk has already been mounted, the “ Scan” button is gra yed out, unmo unt the disk f irst to enable the “Scan” button. Scan Failure The scanning would fail if the disk is not[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 109 File Management The File M anagement subm enu allows users to graphical ly see the amount of v ideos recorded on the mem ory card through its tim eline, as well as the type of triggers that m ay have occured during the record ing. NOTE: Mak e sure to “format” the m emory card first w[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 10  SD (Sound Detecti on): When SD box is check ed, 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 t he current tim e. 6 Ti meline Bar: S1 (Video Stream 1) S2 (Video Stream 2) Allows users to bro w[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 111 System The section System provid es the l ist of functi ons that help m anage th e camera. T he [+] m ark before System indicates that th e list can b e expanded by click ing on it. Once expanded, the l ist can later be collapse d again by clic king on the [-] m ark. User Account The sec[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 12 System Info The section System Info provides the full inform ation about camera status, sett ings and log. This inform ation is ver y helpful while doing the cam era configuration , maintenance or trou bleshooting. The Server Report i s a convenient way of expo rting the full list of ca[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 13 Factory Default The section Factor y Defau lt allows the camera settings be rese t to the original factor y settings. If y ou want to k eep n etwork settings a nd restore ot her settings t o factor y default, plea se select the first opti on . If you s elect the sec ond one instead, all[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 14 Firmware Upload The section Firmw are Upload allows remote upgrade or downgrade of camera firm ware. The upgrade to ne wer version is usu ally done in order to gain ne w f unctions or fix existing bugs or limitations while do wngrade to older version is us ed m ostly f or integration pu[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 15 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 Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 16 Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP devi ce. Be s ure to logout this IP device once you ha ve completed all th e tasks via W eb Configurator .[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 17 Troubleshooting Although the def ault settin gs of the cam era are ideal f or 90% of the cas es, t h ere m ay be som e rare cases w hen th e sett ings need t o b e a djusted or the de vice has to be examined. The following secti on provides e asy troubleshooting s olutions for m ost cas[...]

w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 18 IR light reflection Make sure the dome o r bullet cover is tightly mou nted; Re duce the AE reference target in Auto Exposure mode; Reduce the Exposure Gain in M anual Exposure mode Streaming Quality T roubleshooting Frame Rate T oo Low at Night In auto exposure mode, set the Slowest Au[...]

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